rUBLICATIONS

OF THE

SURTEES SOCIETY

ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR
M.DCCC.XXXIV.

VOT. LXXXV.

FOR THE YEAR M.DCCC.LXXXVIII.

At a Meeting of the Council of The Surtees Society
held m Durham Castle on Tuesday, December 3rd, 1889,
Mr. Greenwell in the Chair —

It was ordered,

That a volume of Old English Miscellanies should be
prepared by the Secretary for the year 1888.

James Eaine,

Secretary.

HdyK

A VOLUME OF

ENGLISH MISCELLANIES

ILLUSTUATING THE

HISTORY AND LANGUAGE

01' THE

NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND.

IJublisbcb for the %odctjj

BY ANDREWS & CO., DURHAM;

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1890.

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PKEFACJi;

These Miscellanies have been prepared to make a small second
volume for 1888. They are historical documents of consider-
able interest and have a great dialectic value in addition to the
information they afford about Northern persons and manners.

The documents are chiefly drawn from the registers of the
Lord Mayor and Corporation of York, and comprise : —

I. An account of the proceedings in a remarkable case of
adulteration at York, showing the care that was taken to
prevent what has been in all ages one of the great vices of
traders. It also shows how a criminal could often escape from
justice by appealing for protection to some great personage.

II. All the verdicts of the searchers called in to decide
about encroachments, &c., in the city of York, down to the
year 1500,

III. The presentments of the juries appended to the
Court-rolls of the Abbots of Selby, frpm the originals in the
possession of the Earl of Londesborough.

IV. A series of certificates of the parentage and birth of
certain persons who had been charged with being Scots. This
series contains all the certificates in English on the York
registers, and they are exceedingly carious.

V. The programme for the reception of Henry VII. on
his first visit to York in 1486.

VI. The customs and liberties of the burgesses of New
Malton, from the original roll in the possession of Earl
Fitzwilliam.

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VI ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

VII. A somewhat new version of the famous old Northern
ballad of ' Sir Andrew Barton, Knight,' with important
variations.

In the Appendix is given a sample of a suggested Glossary
of Northern English words, to illustrate and explain the publi-
cations of the Surtees Society.

It has long been the intention of the Society to make such
an attempt, as may be seen from the list of the works which
the Council has intended to publish. So long ago as October
1854, in the very beginning of his secretaryship, the present
writer commenced the undertaking at the instigation of his
father. His method of procedure was a simple one. He pro-
vided himself with a pair of stout folio volumes, divided and
cut away at the edges into alphabetical divisions. One of these
was for English words ; the other for mediaeval Latin, which
requires a Glossary quite as much as the English. The English
volume is the only one that has been persevered with. Into
this the writer has from time to time entered his quotations and
references, sometimes working for a month or two continuously,
sometimes laying the work aside for a long time.

The writer has gone systematically through the publications,
making a selection of the most pertinent examples of each
dialectic and peculiar word, and reading some of the volumes
many times over for that purpose. But he has done more than
this. He has greatly added to the value of the collection by
incorporating in it the words which have struck him during his
examination of Northern MSS. and printed works of authority
prior to the reign of George I. A reference to the examples
given will show how wide the range has been. He has also
included the words which occur in the publications of the
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Yorkshire
Archaeological Association, and the North Riding Record
Society, in the hope that the Glossary may be of use to other
literary bodies as well as the Surtees Society.

I'HKFACi:. VU

'riio grutiiul coveivtl by llie (.'XiuiujIl'H is cbiclly the three
counties of Yorkshire, iJurluiin, and NortliiimberUind.

Tlie following metliod has been adopted : — (I) To give the
iliite and place. (2) The quotation in the original spelling.
(3) A reference to tlie authority from wliicli the quotation has
been derived. An attempt has also been made, whicli can be
tried in a district of limited extent, to spread the examples as
far as possible over the selected area, and to pay regard also to
their chronological sequence. It is, of course, impossible to do
this in any work of a general character.

During the time this Collection of Northern Words has
been in progress, the great English Dictionary of the Philolo-
gical Society has commenced, and another Dictionary of the
English Dialects will soon be in the press. Several kind friends
of the writer have advised the surrender of the materials he
has collected for the furtherance of these two great schemes,
especially of the first. It must be remembered, however, that
the main object of the writer has been to place within the reach
of the members of the Surtees Society an explanatory hand-
book of the English words contained in the works of their own
Society, which a dictionary on so grand a scale as that of the
Philological Society cannot possibly do. No one can have a
more hearty desire for the success of the great dictionary than
the writer. As soon as he heard of its commencement, he sent
to Dr. Murray a list of all the words under the first letter in
the alphabet of which he had examples, and gladly sent to him
all that he desired to have. This, of course, detracts somewhat
from the novelty of some of the words which appear in the
present specimen. At the same time, it must be mentioned
that since the list was sent to Dr. Murray the number of words
under the letter A which the writer has acquired has been very
largely extended.

The writer has contented himself with giving an explana-
tion of the meaning of each word, often derived from the great
dictionary^ and always, he hopes, acknowledged. As to tlie

vili ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

origin antl descent of the words, and their connection with
various races and tongues, the reader is referred to Dr. Murray
and his colleagues, who are carrying out a work which will last
for all time. If he may venture upon a criticism, he would
very respectfully suggest that a number of words seem to him
to come from the Late Latin rather than from the Old French,
and that scarcely enough regard seems to be paid to the Scan-
dinavian element in the Northern vocabulary.

The readers of this specimen will observe frequent references
to the Northern provincial glossaries as evidence of the present
use of many words. There are not many of these glossaries
that are of any importance ; some are mere word-lists hastily
compiled, and often taken from some printed work. The amal-
gamation of these provincial efforts, great or small, may best
be left to the editors of the great Dictionary of Dialects. It is
not the duty of the writer to pursue a word beyond the
boundaries of the three great Northern counties to which he
confines himself. The dialectic element, has, of course, been
mainly regarded in the choice of the words selected. It is not
easy always to say when a word ceases to be dialectic. Several
friends would have inserted a still larger number of words ;
others would have picked out fewer. There are some words,
such as ahrde, ahicle, abridge, accord, affect, and others, which
seem, at first sight, to be of a more general character, although
they are by no means general in their use at the present day.

It is to be hoped that a Dictionary of the Old Northern
Eno-lish will some time be compiled, for which there are ample
materials. The present specimen makes no pretence whatever to
occupy such a position. It is merely, as the writer said before,
a kind of handbook to the local words contained in the books of
the Surtees Society, with illustrations and additions, that is all.
These few pages are now presented to the members to evoke
criticism and direct their attention to a scheme of very con-
siderable importance. Perhaps nothing further may come of
it ; but, if it is to be carried out, there must be a combination

rHKI'ACK. IX

of labuiir. All suggestions, and any offers of liflp. will l»f
o.irdially welcomed. Tlie vonglier and the liardcr part of the
work is already done, at ii cost of time and exertion of which
these few pages can give no adequate idea. The best of the
writer's working days are over, and it is not much more that
he can hope to do for the Surtees Society, very strong although
the ties are which bind him to it. The preparation of this
Glossary may be regarded, perhaps, as one of the fancies and
the follies of a very laborious life. The writer is very grateful
for the kind help and sympathy which many have shown to
him. He would, perhaps, never have prepared the letter A
unless he had been encouraged to go on with it and greatly
assisted by the help and abundant kindness of Mr. Lawley, who
knows by experience what such work is, and he has to thank
the Rev. J. C. Atkinson, of Dauby, for many suggestions which
no person is better qualified to make or more willing to offer.

J. R.

ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

I. AN ACCOITNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN A REMARKABLE
CASE OF ADULTERATION AT YORK.

[Beg. Civ. Ebor. A. Y. 255.]

In ye name of God, Amen. Yt ys to hafe in mynde yat 1428.
whare yar* ys a Constitucion in ye crafte of Girdelers in ye cite
of York, yat nane of yat crafte wirke any lede amang other
metaill, bot yf yt be in souldour, for deceyvyng of ye kyng'ys
people, of perill of a certayn payne, apon tliys ane of ye Serche-
ours, sworn of ye sayd crafte, come befor John Aldstanemor,
Mair of ye kynge's cite of Yorke, and other many, and be ye
vertu of hys athe he present in a forfet of John Fysshe girdeler,
made in hys crafte, for stuthes of xxxiij gyrdels of menged
metaill agayn ye ordenaunce of hys crafte, and in deceyvyng of
ye kynge's people, ye whilk John Fysshe, impeched befor ye
;Mair of yis trespasse, sayd yat he boght yat metaill of yase
stuthes of John Lyllyng, whilk was proved and founden fals, for
tin and lede was menged togedyr ; and, wyth thys, grete
rumour sprang in the people, yat yar was in cite of York now
makers and utterers of fals osmundes, and yat Burn, smyth in
Bouthum, and John Holgate, marsshall in the suburbe of
Walmegate in York, suld make yam. And so John Burn come
before ye sayde Mayr, and be hys athe, made opon the haly
Evangill, he sayde yat he cutted aboute xxvj peces of fals Ino-lvsh
iryn of John Lyllyng of York mercer, at ye byddyng of hym,
and made yam in shappe of osmundes, and als he sayd he wold

• The y represents the so-called thorn letter, whirh is generally used in
this document.

2 JSNGUSH MISCELLANIES. '

noglit liafe had a pece of yam for a notlier wyrkyng, and yay
war made to blend with gude osmundes.

And ye sayd John Holgate come befor the sayd Mayr, and
he, sworn apon a buke, sayd yat John Lyllyng sent hym with
hys awen cariage iij*^ & di. of landyren, and iiij° and mo peces of
fala drosseyren, every hundreth of vj^'' peces, to make in
osmundes to menge with other, for ye whilk ye sayd John
Holgate when he had wrought, he sayd he wald noght hafe
gyfen iij d. for iiij stane of yam. He sayd, forther mar, yat the
sayd John Lyllyng delyvered hym a osmund to make all other
of the same shappe.

Item ye sayd John Lyllyng, when he was first examined of
thys mater, he wald hafe sworn apon a buke befor ye sayd Mayr
and other, had noght Thomas Bracebrygg counseld hym nay
and lettid hym, yat he gart make bot xxvj peces, nor yat had
na ma fals osmundes in hys house. And than ye sayd Mayr,
after ye custume of ye cite, sent to ye Sercheours of ye Iren-
mangers of the cite of York yat John Stertavaut Esquier, the
Mayr Sergeant, and thay suld wend in to ye house of the sayd
John Lyllyng to serche what osmundes he had with in hym at
yat tyme ; and so, att ye commandment of ye Mayr, yai yode, and
serched, and yai fand yar ij barels of new made osmundes of
drosse menged with gude osmundes, and other fals osmundes
oute of barells. And the Mayr sent of yam to smyths to se be
yayr crafte if yai war abill to putt in werk, and yar yai myght
noght abyde ye hamer, bot brake in small peces. And also yai
fand certein smale jDeces multen tyn menged with other metall,
als wele is to shewe in ye chambre.

And, after this, come William Kyam of York merchaunt, and
sayd to ye sayd Mayr and other that he was late at Hull, and
come to John Bower stathe, and thar John Bower proferd to
sell hym a laste of osmundes, and yar this William Kyam saw ij
barells of osmundes market with ye marke of John Lyllyng, and
he tuke uppe ye heued of a barell and yt semed gude abouen,
and he opend ye heued of ye other barell and yt was bot drosse
in pecys, and he come to John Bower and told hym lyke als he
fand, and John Bower sayd hym yat he had said sex barells of
John Lyllyng's of yat same sorte, every barell for xij s.

ENGLISH MISCELLANIKS. 3

Here apon, in ye Vigill of Peter and Paule Apostells, in ye
yer of ye rogne of Kyng Henre Sext after ye Conqueste fyffc,
the sayd John Lyllyng come befor ye sayd John Aldestanemore
]\Iayr of York, Richard Russell newly Mayr of ye Staple and
Calyse, William Bowes, John of i\Ioreton, Thomas Gare, Henre
Preston, Thomas Esyngwald, Thomas Bracebryg, William
Ormesheued, Piers Bukcy, John Bolton, Aldermen, Guy Rou-
clyff Recorder, William Gryllyngton ane of ye Sliirrefes,
Thomas Doncastre, Geflfray Sauvage, Robert Yarom, Th.
Snawden, John Lofthouse, John Gascoyngne, Thomas Aton,
Thomas Kyrham, William Bedall, William Gaytesheued, Thomas
Da\'y, William Craven of ye xxiiij, and thar he was empeched
of forgeyng of fals osmundes of drosse and of laudj'ren, and of
utteryng of yam in foule deceyte and ryght grete harme of ye
kynge's people, and ryght gret sklaundre of ye cite of York,
and agayne ye course of trewe marchandise ; and to thys he
answerd and sayd yat he perceyved wele yat iren waxed skant
and dere, and he had mykyll A^-ith in hym of dross and land-
iren ; and tharfor he gart forge yt in shapp of osmundes for
utteryng of his iren so into Iseland and so he gart yarof, als
he graunted, ix'"' peces & xij, and utterd many of yam at
Hull and oyer places : and for this defaute he submit hym to
abyde and fulfill ye jugement of ye Mayr and ye Counsell of ye
chambre ; and be ye avyse of ye Mayr and ye befor sayd
Consell yt was awarded yat John Lyllyng suld fynd seurte of
v*^ marke yat he suld abyde thaward of ye Mayr an ye
Counseyll of ye chambre what tyme he war warned for tres-
passes abouensayd, als fer als fell to yair power or auctorite.
And apon yis John Gascoigne and William Bedale become
pleges and seurte for ye sayd John Lyllyng, yat he suld abyde
and fultill ye awarde of ye ]\Iayr and ye Counsell what tyme he
was warned. And als for a parcell of yair jugement and yair
awarde at yat tyme, yai charged ye sayd John Lyllyng yat fra
yan furth he suld here ye kynge's pease to John Holgate
mersshall and John Bron smyth abouensayd, wham he tliret
with bodily harme, for yai bar recorde agayne hym, and to all
ye kynge's people, of payne of v*' marke, to be raysed of ye
landes and tenementes of ye sayd John Lyllynir. to ye oeps of

4 ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

our soverayne lorde ye kyng, yf he did any tliyng agayne ye
kynge's pease yat myglit be proved apon hym lawfully in tyme
comyng. And, over this, ye sayd Mayr and ye Counsell of je
sayd cite discharged ye said John Lyllyng of ye Counsell of the
chambre, and of hys fredom of franchise of ye cite, and
charged hym yat he suld noght occupy in bying nor in sellyng
als a concitezin, bot als a straunger, nor yat he suld hald na
shopp of his opyn within ye fraunchise of ye cite unto ye tyme
yat ye Mayr and ye Counsell of ye chambre war in oyer maner
avysed, and yat all hys fals osmundes in his house suld be
broght in to ye chambre of counsell of ye sayd cite.

And wyth yis ye sayd John Lyllyng was accused and noysed
amang mercers and other men, yat girdelers of ye citee had in
thar houses fals tyn mengyd wyth other metaill yat was boght
of hym, and so the Sercheours of ye Girdelers of yis cite, be
commandement of ye Mayr, serched, be vertu of yair office,
after ye custume of ye cite, and yai fand in yair crafte certayn
peces in shappe and fourme of harowes, multen of tyn & lede
and pewtre to gedir, yat was selled for clene tyn, agayne course
of clene marchandise, whilk was boght of John Lyllyng, and
yase peces yai broght to ye Mayr in to ye chambre, and yat was
wele funden and proved y* John Lyllyng had salde mykell
swylk deceyvable tyn to bellemakers in to ye cuntre and other
men, whar' thurgh ye cite was gretely greved, sclandered, and
yai harmed.

And hez'' apon ye sayd John Lyllyng was examynd befor'
John Aldestanemore Mair', Richard Russell, William Bowes,
John Moreton, Thomas Gar', Henry Preston, Thomas Brace-
bry gg, William Ormesheued, Piers Bukcy, aldermen, Guy
Rouclif recordour, John Bromflet, William Grillyngton, shirrefs,
John Hewik, Thomas Doncastre, Thomas More, Thomas
Snawdon, Robert Yarom, Th. Davy, Thomas Aton, Thomas
Kyrkham, William Bedale, William Gaytesheued, John Gas-
coigne, William Craven, Richard liOuthe of ye xxiiij"*", ye last
day of Juyll, in ye yer' of ye kyng beforsayde, bathe of fals
osmundes makyng and utteryng, & castyng of fals tyn menged
with lede and pewer', and sellyng of yt deceyvabely for gude
tyn to girdelers and to bellemakers and other persons, and to yis

KNGLISII MISCELLANIKS. 0

poyntes John Lyllyng sayd yat he bad John Holgate niersshall
make hyni ploghstrakes of drosse and landyren yat he sent hyni
and na osmundes, and yat John Holgate, beyug thar' present befoi*
ye sayd Mair' and Counsell in presence of John Lyllyng, svvor'
apon a buke and sayd yat John Lyllyng bad hym yat he suld
make hym osmundes of ye drosse and landyren yat he sent hyni
and na plughstrakes, and delyvered hym a osmund to make yam
aft', and the same John Holgate sayd yat ye same day he was
arested John Lyllyng come unto hym and promped hym, and
bad hym say yat he cutt hym bot a hundreth of landyren yat
he sent hym, and bot yf he sayd so he myght na langer abyde
in ye sayd citee, and yat this was trew ye saj'd John Holgate
proferd to prove yt wytli hjs handes apon John Lyllyng, yf he
wald agaynesay this. And so John Lyllyng, seand yat he
myght na langer be ryght deny nor defend this mater na langer,
he knawleged and graunted his trespas of forgeyng and
utteryng of fals osmunds and castyng of fals tyn, in deceyvyng
and hannyng of ye kynge's people, and singuler lucre to hym
self, and ryght grete sclander to ye said cite, lyked als yt is
reherced befor ; and in hegh and lawe he submyt hym to ye
grace and awarde of ye Mayr and Counsell of ye chambre how
yai wald ordayne hym to do for all his tresjDas reherced
abouen ; And so ye Mayr and ye Counsell of ye chambre, con-
sideryng ye law submission of ye sayd John Lyllyng, yat tlia
tuke hym to yair grace in all poyntes yatpertiend to yair power
and auctoryte, and yarfor John Lyllpig prayed ye Mayr and ye
Consell yat yai wald hafe hym fro open shame and velany, and
restor hym to hys franchise of ye cite, and asked what yai
wald aske hym yar for ; and yt was answerd by yat yai wald
aske hym no peny. And yan John Lyllyng tuke avysement,
and of his free and propre will he prayed yam yat yai wald
vouchesaufe to restor hym to hys fredom of ye cite, and take of
hym yarfor c li. to ye oeps and profet of ye co'alte of ye cite,
and, if yt lyket yam to take yat of hym, he wald hald hym ryght
wele content, and yat yai wald be gude lordes, maisters, and
frendes to hym ; and whar yai myght be custuin of ye cite hafe
brynte his fals chafer openly in syght of ye people, to his oven>
njvkell .shame and reprove, yai takyiig tcuilyr hede to ye lawly

6 ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

submission and his besy prayers, yai restor hym agayne to his
Tranches fore li. yat he proferd, wyth yis yatyf any girdeler, or any
oyer man compleynd of hym for any fals osmundes, or fals tyn,
or any oyer fals marchandise, yat he had said yam, yat he suld ac-
cord wyth yam and make yam amendes ; and ye Mayr hyght hym
yat yf he wald lait yam wytt to helpe to trete wyth yam to
make end, yf any compleyned of hym : and ye same John
Lyllyng was charged to send all ye fals osmundes and fals tyn yat
was in his house at yat tyme in to ye chambre, and so he sent
in ij barels of fals osmundes, and sythen was funden half a
duzan fals tyn of ye same John Lyllyng in handes of ye
shirrefs whilk are brogh into ye chambre.

Forthermar', ye sayd John Lyllyng was noysed yat he suld
hafe blended plaster or lyme amang his alom, and so seld yt
furth deceyvabilly to lytsters, and, in especial, to John Kyrkby
and Robert Dowfe, lytsters of York, and so yai war' sent for and
examynyd of yis mater ; and John Kyrkby sayd yat he boght of
John Lyllyng a porcion of alom, and fand yar' in lyke als yt had
beyn plaster and lyme, and if he had wrogh yt in yat kynd yt
suld hafe brynt oute his lede bothom, of ye whilk plaster and
lyme a sample ys redy in ye chambre to shew.

And Robert Dowfe lytster sais yat he boght of John Lyllyng
a c alom, and he syfted oute of yt half a bushell of plaster and
lyme and kest yt away for yt wald hafe brynt his lede and he had
wroght yt.

And also yar ar in ye chambre xxxiij girdils harnassed as
fals tyne, agains ye ordenance of ye Girdelers, ye whilk tyn was
boght of John Lyllyng for clene tyn a gude als ys rehersid
befor' ; and when John Lyllyng was examynid and blamed for
yat fals tyn, he answerd and sayd he boght yt of a man in
London in ye same kynde, and yar' he was asked of what man
of London he boght yt, he sayd he wist noght what his name
was ; and so he was counseld and biddyn noght to sclandyr in
na maner bot say fully ye treuthe and let for na shame, and yan
he submytt hym, als ys reherced abouen.

And after y*, ye xij day of August, ye yer abouen sayde,
John Aldestanemor' Mayr, Ric' Russell, John Moreton, Thomas
Esyngwald, Th. Bracebryg, Piers Bukcy, «Tohii Bolton, aldermen.

ENGLISH MISCELLANIES. 7

John Hewyt, Thomas Doncastre, Th. More, Robert Yarum,
Tliomas Aton, William Bedall, William Craven, John Dodin^-
ton, of xxiiij, John Bronnflete and William Stillyngton shirrefs,
and John Pygott man of law wythalden of ye counsell of ye
chambre, war gedird to ye chanibre, and yar att yat tyme
come !Maistre John Selow chanon residencier of ye kyrk of
Yorke, Maistre John Carleton, Th. Haselay clerk of ye crown,
and Robert Manfeld marsshall in ye kynge's hostell, and yar
made grete instance and prayers to ye Mair and gude men to
doo ease and favor to ye sayd John Lyllyng, at ye reverence of
our soverane lady ye quene, and of ye archibisshopp of York,
wham ye quene had spoken to first, and sythen writen unto for
yat same mater, and als at ye reverence of ye Lord Beaumont,
whilk had writen to Maister John Selowe to pray in his name
for ease of ye sayd John Lyllyng, and yar' ye Mairr and ye
gudemen aboueu sayd gaf yam to answer yat yis mater touched
all ye gude men of ye consell of ye chambre, and ye coialte of
yis cite, and many of ye consell of ye chambre at yat tyme war
absent, with oute wham yai myght gif yam nane answer at yt
tyme, and yar for yai wald gedir to gedir mare fully ye Counsell
of ye citee, and gif yam an answer, and yat yai suld send upon
Monday next folowyng certen gude men of ye chambre to Cawod,
to common with ye archibisshop for yis mater, and be his con-
sell and ye consell of ye citee yai suld so doo yat our soverrayn
lady ye quene, and ye archibisshopp, and y® Lord Beaumont, and
Haseley suld well understand, and for y* yair praiers suld stand
John Lyllyng to availl.

And yan, in ye Vigil of ye Assumpcion of our Lady, ye yer
beforesayd, John Aldestonemor Mair, Richardus Russell, John
Moreton, Thomas Gare, Thomas Esyngwalde, Thomas Brace-
brig, Piers Bukcy, John Bolton, aldermen, Guy Rouclyf re-
cordour, John Bromflete, William Gril[ing]ton shirrefs, John
Hewyk, Thomas Doncastre, Thomas More, GefFeray Sauvage,
Thomas Snaudon, Robert Yarum, John Loftehouse, John Gas-
coigne, Thomas Aton, William Craven, Th. Kyrkeham, John
Louthe, John Warde, William Bedale, William Gaytesheued,
Ric' Louth of ye numbre of xxiiij, Thomas Gare ye yonger,
Richard Russell, Nicholas Usilete, cliMinbirlancs, and Tluinias

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Ward, war assembled her' in the chambre, and yar Thomas
Haseley, clerke of the crown, and Robert Manfeld, be fore sayd,
made grete instance and prayers eftesones for ease of the sayd
John Lyllyng, and yat mater was putt in respite to that tyme.

And van, apon ye morn of ye feste of ye Assumpcion of
cure Ladye next efter, yar' was gedyrde in ye chambre, John
Aldestanemore Mayre, Richard Russell, William Bowes, John
of Moreton, Thomas Gare, Henry Preston, Thomas Esyngwald,
Thomas Bracebryg, Piers Bukcy, John Bolton, aldermen, John
Pygot man of lawe, John Brounflete, William Grillyngton,
shirrefs, John Hewyk, Thomas Doncastre, Thomas More,
GefFray Sauvage, Thomas Snaudon, Robert Yarum, John Gas-
coigne, William Craven, Thomas Aton, Thomas Kyrkeham,
William Bedale, William Gaytesheued, John Warde, Richard
Louth, of the numbre of xxiiij, and yar befor yam come ye
beforsayd John Lyllyng, and in yar presence and Haseley's the
clerke of the croun and Robert Manfeld, cosyn to ye same John
Lyllyng, he knawleged and, witht oute distresse or fere done to
hym in worde or in dede, he wilfully and openly confessed yat
he was gylty and coulpabyll of all ye trespasse abouen sayd yat
he was impeched of befor, and for yas trespasse he besoght ye
Maire and ye gude men of ease of his payment 3, and yar [and]
yan he was asked yf he couth or wald say or compleyne yat the
Mair and ye Counsell of the chambre had done hym any wrong
in yis matiers, and he sayd nay, nor yat he couth noght, nor
wald noght say yat ye Mair and ye Consell of the chambre had
done hym any manere of wrang in yis matiere, bot y* he is wele
paied of all yat yai had done ; and so ye sayd John Lyllyng was
voided ; and yan Thomas Haseley and Robert Manfeld made
grete prayers for lessenyng of ye sumes of ye payment3 of ye sayd
John Lyllyng. And her apon avyce taken, yt was gifen yam for
answer at yat tyme yat ye Mair and ye gude men sulde send
certeyn men of ye chambre to the archibisshopp vnto Cawod on
Monday yan nexte commyng to commone with hym in yis
mater, and take his consell and avys yar in ; and, after yat, yai
suld so doo yat the parties yat melled for John Lyllyng suld
hald yam plesed. And her apon yai chesed Richard Russell,
Thou 1 as Bracebryg, aldermen, Gui Rouclyff, recordour, William

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Craven, Thomas Aton, to wend to Cawod for yat cause to
commone w* ye archibisshopp on Monday yan next folowyng ;
and in ye mene tyme ye Mair and ye gude men war enfourmed
yat yat Monday ye archibisshopp myght noght be at Cawod for
other occupacions yat he had to doo utteward, and yerfor he
assigned yam ye "Wednesday next after to be befor hym at
Cawod. At the whylk Wednesday Richard Russell and oyer per-
sones next befor nevend, yay war at Cawod for yis mater, and yai
war thar honorabely recey ved be the archibisshopp, and commend
wyth him of ye maters abouen sayd ; apou whylk commonyng,
when yai come hame, was done afterwarde als her fast folowys.
The xxj day of August, ye yer of the kyng befor sayd fifte,
John Aldestaneraor Maire, Richard Russell, William Bowes,
John of INIoreton, Henry Preston, Thomas Esyngewald, Thomas
Bracebryg, Piers Bukcy, John of Bolton, aldermen, Guy
Rouclyf recordour, John Brounflete, William Grillyngton,
shirrefs, John Hewyk, Thomas Mor, John Waghen, Robert
Yarum, John Gascoigne, William Craven, Thomas Aton,
Tliomas Kyrkeham, William Bedale, William Gaytesheued,
John Warde, of the xxiiij, war assembled her in the chambre
of Counsell, whar ye sayd Richard Russell, Thomas Bracebryg,
Guy Rouclif, William Craven and Thomas Aton declared yar
commyng to Cawod, and ye fourme of yar commyng yar wyth
to the archebisshopp, and of yar departyng fra hym. And apon
yis declaracion made, ye Consell of ye chambre tuke yar avyse
what yam semed and lykyd best to do in yis mater, and yar ye
Mair and ye Consell tenderli considred ye lettres and prayers
of our soveran lady ye queue, whilk sho had sent to ye arche-
bisshopp for John Lyllyng, and ye bysy prayers of ye arche-
bisshopp, als of Haseley and Robert Manfeld, yai assented
yat ane obligacion of ye said John Lyllyng and of John Gascon
of xl marc, whylke suld hafe ben payed at ye fest of Seint
Ilillare next commyng, and also an obligacyon of a statute
merchant of fyfe hundreth mark, in ye whilk ye forsayd John
Lyllyng was bundon to Richard Russell, \N'illiam Bowes and to
oyer, to be payed at ye fest of Michelmes yan next folowyng,
and a defesance made yer apon yat ye sayd John Lyllyng fra
yan furth suld be of gude governaunce and trew in all hys bying

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and hys sellyng wytli outen any gylory, fraude, or deceyt, als
falle} a trew merchaunt to doo and by and sell after treu cource
of mercliantdyse, suld be delyverd to Haseley and Robert
Manfelde, and so Jolin Lyllyng be quyt of yam. And her apon
even furtli wyth yais ij obligacions and ye defesance was taken
and delyverd to Haseley and Robert Manfeld and cancelled,
and yai thanked ye Mayr and all ye gudemen hertly for y* yay
had done be reverence of ye quene's prayers and ye archi-
bisshopp, and yairs, and behight sothely yat yai suld make
relacion to ye quene, and yai suld wele see and knawe yat ye
quene sulde thanke yam yerfor in tyme comyng. And her apon
John of Bolton, alderman, at his first commyng fra ye parle-
ment, delyvered a lettre fra ye quene to ye Mair, in ye whilk
lettre sho thanked ye Mair and all ye gudemen of yis citee of
ease and favour yai had shewed at the reverence of hir prayer
to John Lyllyng, mercer of York, etc.

' Vnto his wirshipfull Mair, and ye Aldermen, and all ye
wirshipfull Counsell of ye cite of York shewes, if it lyke vn to
youre wirshipfull and wyse discrecion, your concitezin, John
Lyllyng, yat it was never my wyll forto offend ne forto attempte
any thyng yat lange3 to yis wirshipfull cite ; and, wirshipfull
sires, what at has bene done or sayd touchyng my person it
is noght vn knawen vnto you, bot I put na defaute in nane yat
langes to yis wirshipfull citee, ne noght wyll, bot neveryeles
ye charge is to me full hevy and grevous forto ber yat is put
vuto me, after ye grete losses yat I have had and sustened be
diverses ways, als it is wele knawen to diverses gude men of
yis cite ; whafore I pray you and besekes you for the grete
mercie of God, yat yhe will deme yis matier after gude con-
science, and as yhe trow yat God wyll yerof be most plesed, for
I am hee that wyll noght offend your wyll, ne your ordinance,
nor na nother suyte make be fully forto be demed be you in
hegh and in laghe ; besekyng you alway wyth al my hert to be
gude maisters and frendes to me, and gif me your gude worde
and to graunt me your gude hertes for the werke of the haly
charite. In ye witnes of ye whilk thynge, to yis byll I have
put to my seal ; writen ye last day of January, in ye yer of ye
reigne of Kvng Henri sext after ye conquest of Ingland sext'

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IL VERDICTS OF THE SEARCHERS CALLED IN TO DECIDE
ABOUT ENOROACILMENTS, ETC., IN THE CITY OF YORK.

[^Fn»n the York City Books.l

Judicium Scndaim'um de ierris et tenementis domvff Sandi
Leonardiy et Roherti Feriby, ex o}yposito cimiterii Omnium
Sanctorum super Pavimentum, ex parte horiali.

For als mykill als we John Ampilford, John Thorp, masons, M«r-. 1^17.
William Cunsby and John Mosse, wryghts, sercheours of
our craftes wyth in the franchise of York, fyndes that a party
of the ferrest post of Robert of Feriby standys on Seint
Leonard grnnde, and that thar ys a cruke of Robert Feriby
grand, fra the prive un to the streteward, and a nother cruke of
Seint Leonard's fra abouen the myddilpost un to the thrid post,
tharfor we award that fra the sole end of the frunt before in
to the streteward, un to the third post on the base stane of
Robert of Feriby, be draweu a lyne just, and set just Seint
Leonai'd grunde, after that betwix party and party. — [Z?t!(/. Civ.
Ehor, A. Y. 173.]

John Ampilford, John Thorp, masons, William Cunsby and
John Mosse, wryghts, sercheours of masons and wryghts in
the citee of York, chosen be the assent of partys for to dissevir
a grounde of a tenement anent Al Halow Kyrk garth wall on
the Pament, betwix the Dene and the Chapitre of the Kyrk of
York of the ta party, and the Maistre and the Freres of the
Hospitale of Seynt Leonard's of York on the other party,
demys that a lyne be drawen fra the fore poste before fra the
oute syde of the poste before to the oute syde of the poste
behynd of Seynt Leonard's in to thair garthwarde, and set
Seynt Leonard wall apon thair awen ground, fra post to post,
for we fynde well that the mynster beres the ta syde of Seynt
Leonard flore. And we demys that the stane that ys taken
doun be departyd in twa, and gyf half un to the ta party and
the otlirr half un to other party.

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John Ampilford, John of Thorp, William Cunsby, and John
Mosse, sercheours of the masons and the wryghtes, chosen be
the assent of partys to dyssever ground bitwix the Maister and
the Freres of the Hospitall of Seynt Leonard's of York of a
party, and Sir John Esyngwald, preste of the chauntery of
Seynt Nicholas in the parysh kyrk of Seynt Trinite in Gothrom-
gate, of the other party, awardes and demys that the postys
of the aide house of Seynt Leonard's be set in be tham of Seynt
Leonard's, so that a lyne may be layde to the oute syde of the
poste of the newe howse of Sir John Esyngwald, and drawen
lyne ryght un to the poste of the kylne howse of the same Sir
John of lays tenement in Gothromgate.

John Ampilford, John of Thorp, William Cunsby, and John
Mosse, serchours of the masons and wryghtes, chosen to dissever
grounde in Peseholm betwix Sir Eobert Irton, prest of a
chauntery in Seint Savourkirk, and Thomas Duffeld, sonne and
ayre un to Richard Duffeld Esquier, demys that the hedge fra
the corner of the foresayd Sir Robert house un to Fosse syde
be Thomas Duffeld, als the stakes are dryfen ; and that Thomas
Duffeld hafe sextene yerdys over thwart of the garthe fra the
wall of Sir John Darthington, person of the chauntery of Seynt
Mary Magdalayn in the mjmster of York, un to the netherest
stake safe ane ; and that the foresayd Sir Robert hafe fra the
same stake fyfe yerdys of garth, over thwart un tyll hys awen
hedge, that standys on the weste syde.

Sept. 22, We, sercheours of the masons and wryghtes of the cite of

York, demys that John Hesill sail ga lyne right fra the bak
syde of hys post that standys in hys hall hend un to hys
sole in hys house that he byggys. And that John of Langton
sail set in hys poste fote that Hesyll may hafe rowme thar to
lay hys sole, and rayse hys house in North strete. — [_Id. 177ft.]
Fest. S. Maurice, 6th Hen. V.

Oct- 0, We, serchours of the masons and the wriLdites, deuivs, for ease

1417. ' to ' ^ )

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of bathe partyes, to take that stnfFe of the gutters of lede that /

thar ys for the ta party the tane hafe, and for the othere party /
tlie other half, and that the water be ledde downe of thair /
bather coste, fra the thrid poste of the house of Dame Alice /
Plumpton fra the waterward of Use, be a pype of lede closed
wyth a loker, and that for cause that John Talkan walles
the forsayd Alice all endelang thurgh and thurgh. — \_Icl. 178a.]
Fest S. Dennis, 6th Hen. V.

We, serchours of the masons and wryghts of the cite of York,
awarde that Thomas Bernard gutter of hys costage betwix his
tenement that William Garnet dwellys in, endelyng fra the
newe poste of Durant chauntery in Crouce kirk, als ferre als
that newe house of that chauntery lastys, and bryng of his coste
the Watergate overthwarte at the ende of the same newe house,
so that the water comme downe in a pipe of lede by the
aide poste that standys by the walle of John of Moreton ; and
that the same Thomas Bernard hafe all the aide stuffe of lede
that lay thare before, endelang and overthwart, and y* the fore-
sayd Thomas walle hys awen house behynd the dese of the hall
of the foresayd chauntery for als mykill that the chauntery
gutters lyin thare. And also yat the foresayd Thomas make
hys pryve fensilble als it awe to be. — [^Id. 178h.']

We, sercheours of the masons and the wryghtes of the citte 1 1 Fob.,
of York, at the assignement of the Mair, awarde and deme that
John of Langton hafe even uppe thurgh oute als mykyll ground
in breide als he hafes in the frount before at his tenement in
the parysh of Seint Laurence wyth oute Walmegate barr in the
suburbes of York, that ys in the holdyng of Robert Duifeld,
cordewaner, als that tenement and the gardyn lyse thare
betwix the grounde of Sir William Ottelay, the maistre of the
Trinites' at Fossebryg hende on the a syde, and the grounde of
Nicholas Northfolk on the other syde, and buttes apon the
kynge's strete of Walmegate before, and on the north felde
behynd.— [M 181a.]

11 Fel),eth HiMi. V.

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Feb., 1419. Pop als mykill als Maister Thomas Haxey, Tresorer of the

Cathedrals Kirk of Seint Peter of York, and other Chanons of

the same kirk compleyned un to the Meir and un to the gude

men of the cite of York that the kynge's dyke betwix Bouthum-

, barr and Munkbarr was so stopped, that the water myght

I noght hafe issue, for the whilk defaute a close of the erche-

/ bisshope was drowned yerly, and also, diverse tymes, thaire

' gardyns in the self manere, and also thaire halles and thaire

houses of office of som of tham ; and than, be the assent of the

Meir and the chanons and the gude men thay went bathe the

partys to gyder to se the defautes, and when thay had seen the

defautes, it was accorded and assented be bathe the partys that

the sercheours of the masons and of the wryghtes of this cite

of York suld ga and see what were ryght for ayther party ;

I and, apon thys, the sercheours was warned that they suld ga

serche and see and do ryght to ayther party, and that thay

went and serched, and demed, and awarded that the Tresorer

and the person of Seint John kyrk of Pyke gar remove thayre

i pryves that standys upon the kynge's dyke, and all other also

that hafes any pryves standyng thare apon, betwene the barrys

beforesayd; and that thay and all other gar dense of thaire

costages all the foresayd pryves and rutes, wedys and erthe,

1 that hafes ben casten thar out of thaire gardyns or thayre

houses be any of thaire servants, the whilk lettys the water to hafe

the ryght issue ; and that all dores that opyns apon the dyke be

closed, and all the bryggys taken away that na man hafe na entre

un to the kynge's walles bot at bathe the eiidys ; and that nane

entir, neyther at the endys na ellys whare, to defoule the walles

na the motes, bot thay that has taken tham to ferme, the whilke

sail kytte the herbage that grewys apon the mote. — [Jc?. 181a.]

Ult. Feb. 6, Hen. V.

Judicium Johannis Ampilford, Johannis Thorp, Willelmi Cun-
neshy, et Johannis Mosse, scrutatorum cementariorum et
carpentarioriim Ebor., redditum xxf^° die Maii anno regni
regis Henrici Quinti septimo.

May 22, "We awarde that a lyne be drawen lyneryght, thre inches

wytli in the poste of John Brynnand, that standes to the strete-

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ward, un to the niyddys of William of Seleby poste, that
standys at the ende of the werldioiise, and that twa postes of
John Brynnand be set in of hys costeby Tyseday nexte, that ys
fled once, so that William of Seleby may rayse up hys howe
besyde hym, als custume and maner ys in the cite of York. —
[lei. 182^.]

We sercheonrs of the masons and of the wryghts of the citee
of York, awarde that William Acorn wryght make of hys cost
the wryght note of a gutter betwix the newe house of Robert
Hovyngham in Boutham that William Acom made, and the
hall; and y* thare be a gutter made betwix the tenement of
Seynt Mary abbay, and the forsayd house of Robert Hovyng-
ham, of the abbay 's coste and Robert Hovyngham, so y* the water
may rynne betwix the abbay grunde and Robert Hovyngham ;
and y' Robert Hovyngham sail make, of hys propre coste, at the
other ende of hys house, a knyttyng ; and that the hedge of the
este sj'de of Hovyngham house be Robert Hovyngham, —
[Id. 184i.]

Sercheours of the masons and of the wrysfhtes awardes Nov. 18,

1420

betwix William of Alne of the a perty, and the executors, heirs
and assignes of William Pountfreyt, of the other party, that for
als mykyll that William of Alne in hys tenement in Coppergate
in York walles even uppe thurgh fra the grunde uppe to the
panne, that yerfore the executors, heirs, and the assignes of
William Pountfreyt make the gutter of lede fra the newe house
of William of Alne, that ys nowe hys buttre, endelang downe
un to a newe house of William of Alne toward Fosse ; and that
William of Alne, of his costes, sail fynde the brygges, the
seeches, nayles, and all the tymbre that sail ga un to the gutter ;
and the executors, heirs, or assignes of William Pountfreyt sail
pay for the werkemanshippe of the gutter makyng ; and thay
sail hafe all the lede that ys thare nowe, and perfourmys the
remenand of thayr costes, and fra thys tyme that gutter sail be
the heirs and the assignes of William of Pountfrevt ; and thav

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sail uppelialde it alleway of thayre coste ; and also that at the
hall head to the kyrkward the heirs and the assignes of William
Pountfreyt, als farre als thayre syde house gas, sail bryng furthe,
all of thayre coste, thayre water into the foresayd gutter, for
William of Alne hafes a upperyghte gavell, — \_Id. 189a.]

18 Nov., 1420.

Aug. 4, Johannes Ampilford mason, serchour, sworn of the masons

wyth in the cite of York, John Hexham, Thomas Cunnysburgh
serchours of the wryghtes, and William Cunnysby, wryght.

The assent of the partyes before the Maire to deme of
certayne thynge under writyn, thay awarde and deme that the
perclose that standys betwix the entre and the shop, and
all other percloses, the pryve wyth the closet, and the selours,
the trelys wyndowe at the somer hall, the glasse wyndows, the
bynkes, the paved flore, the berth yt are in the house whare
the wyfe of Symond of Stele dwellys in, and the falle wyndow
to ye streteward abyde still wyth the place, als byggyngs and
purtenance of the same place, and yat the lede pype and the
shelfs be the wyfe's of Symond of Stele. — [/c^. 1926.]

4 Aug., 8th Hen. V.

Aug. 12, Memorandum, that thys ys the award and the jugement of

John Ampilford, John of Thorp, John Hexham, and Thomas
Cunsburgh sercheours, sworne of the masons and of the wryghts,
in the cite of York, assigned and lymyt by Thomas of Gare,
Mayr of the same cite, wyth the full assent of bathe partyes, to
serche and to deme of a stane walle that lyggys in lengthe fra
the kynge's strete of Conyngstrete bifore downe thurgh un to
the water of Ouse bihynd, betwix a tenement of Sir John
of Langton Knyght in the haldyng of John Kumby, of the a
party, and a tenement of William Selby , in the haldyng of John of
Sutton lytster, of the other partye : that the walle of the werk-
house of John of Sutton ys William Selby awen, fra the water of
Ouse un to the post that standys thare and reches to the grounde
anent the lede in the same werkhouse, and fra theyn all uppe

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thurgh in to the strete, that William Selby hafe rowme and
space abouen on the walle of stane to hys tenement ward to
ryste hys tynibre apon, als he has done before tyme ; and that
Sir John Langton hafe rowme and space abouen the same stane
walle to hys tenement ward to ryste hys tymbre apon, als it has
bene in tymes before. And als farre als Sir John Langton has
byggyd a newe house betwix the werkhouse beforesayd and the
stane house toward the kynge's strete, yay awarde and deme
that William Selby hafe abouen the same walle space to ryst hys
walleplat apon, als he dyd before, als wele at the ta nende als at
the other ; and that hathe the stanewerk and tj-mbei-werk that
John Rumby had gart newe sette abouen the same stane walle at
that hend towarde the stone house be taken away, so that yt
lette noght William Selby to herber hys tymber apon the same
walle ; and that bathe the partyes make and uppehalde the
gutter, als ferre als yt reches, of thayre bather costages, and
that the stuffe of lede that ys thare nowe be ayther partyes.
[Id. 192-3.]

12 Aug., 1420.

We, serchours of the masons and wryghtes of the cite of
York, assigned be William Ormesheued, mayr of ye same cite,
lyke als we hafe bene assigned, charged, and commaunded be
other IMaires to serche, deme, and dyssever ye grunde of
Kalom hall in ye haldyng of John of Preston irenmangar fra ye
grunde of Margaretes y* was ye wyfe of Adam Hetche, and how
y* ye ta grunde sail be closed fra ye tother, awarde and deme
y' a lyne be drawn stryght fra ye corner of ye stathe of ye
chauntery of Syr Thomas Pynchebek, un to ye nexte corner of
ye stathe of ye common place, in ye haldyng of Ainderby sadler
& Wyntryngham smyth ; and y* at ye middeward of yat lyne be
set a stake, and fra y* stake drawe a lyne even uppe un to an
aid poste of a house at ye over ende of ye hedge of Mergarefes
Hetche, and y' yan John Preston close hym als y* lyne delys
fra ye ta nende un to ye tother. — [Id. 198.]

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Jan. ol,
1U2.

31 Jan. 20th Hen. VI. — M*^ yat yis is jugementes & award
of John Ampilford, John Bould, masons, John Bolron &
William Warter, cappenters, & serchours of ye same craffces,
yat is to say, yat ye stone wall bitwix ye tenement of John of
Bolton, citizin & marchant of York, on y* oon party, & tenement
of yabbot & convent of Cristall, on yat other party, in
Mikelgate in York is holy & fully ye wall of ye said John of
Bolton, and yat al ye ease yat ye said Abbot has of ye said wall
is thnrgh sufferanse & paciens of ye same John of Bolton. And
ye same day and ye same yere Alice Semer, neuly awner &
possessor of said tenement of John of Bolton, swore & opinly
affermed for treweth yat John Lofthouse, & other of ye deput3
of ye said Abbot & convent w*drewe ye said wall unknawinge
to ye said Alice.

And ye same day, we, ye said serchours, were and serched a
tenement of ye said John of Bolton in Petergate, in ye tennr
of John Wetelay, & we fynd yat ye same place has taken mikel
herm for defaut of a gutter, ye whilk shuld be betwix ye said
place & tenement of Thomas Holme, ye whilk gutter ye same
Thomas Holme shuld make & reparell, to save & isshewe ye
wattere fro ye said place of John of Bolton. — [Enrolment Book
Civ. Ehor, B. Y. 87.]

14G8^^ ^' ■^"^' ^^^* ^®' Thomas Gaytclyff, John Gaycok, serchours of

masounes within yis citee of York, John Forster, & John
Meidlay alias Williamson, serchours of wryghtes w*in ye
saide citee, have bene & takyn of a grounde yat stode in
variaunce bitwix thabbot & Convent of Rivaux, on that oon
partie, & the Dene & Chapiter of ye cath' kyrke of Seint Peter
in York, on that other partie, lying buttyng opon ye water in
Laierthorp, in subarbes of the saide citee, buttyng opon ye water
of Fosse at the weest ende, and on a lane y* leedes from ye hie
strete of Laierthorp unto ij close3 belangyng som tyme to ye
personage of Seint Marye kyrke in Layrethorp, and, accordyng
to ye custume of ye same citee, ye ix day of Marce, ye viij yere
of ye reigne of Kyng Edwarde ye iiij, by ye comaundement of
William Snawesill, yan beyng Mare of the same citee, and, after

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ye examinacion, good advise, & grete deliberacion by us liadde,
as wele by substanciall wrytyng undre seale3, as by ye instruc-
cion & recorde of honest personnes, havyng perfite notice &
knawlynge of ye saide grounde, we have denied yat ye tennauntes
of ye said Abbotes & Convent have wrangwisly halden &
occupies xviij poules feet of ye grounde of ye saide Deane3 &
Chapiter, the whiche xviij fote of ground we have demed
& awarded shalbe departed from ye grounde of ye saide Abbot
& Convent, and delivered & laide unto ye grounde of ye saide
Deane & Chapiter, to have & to halde to yayme & to yare
successours for evermore, etc. — \_Id. 331a.]

Memorandum, that yis is ye awarde and juygeraent of
William Hyndeley, John Sutton, John Haxby, ande Richard
Bisshop, serchiours of ye masons and wrightes in the cite of
Yorke, assigned ande lymytt by William Lambe, Maire of ye
city of Yorke, with the full assente and consente of William
Snawsell Aldreman of ye saide cite, for his partye, and S"" William
Watson, vicare of Saynte Georg churche in Fisshergate, ruler
ande gouvernor of a chaunterie belongyng to the saide churche,
on y* othir pai'tie, to serche ande deme a gutter apon a tenement
in Walmegate in Yorke, perteynyng to the saide chaunterie, and
a pales perteynyng to a tenement of the saide William Snawsell,
nowe in ye balding of one Robert Yereslay, at the este ende of
Fosse brigge in Walmegate ; firste, the saide iiij serchiours
awardes ande demes betuyx the saide partie}, for thair bother
ease, yat ye forsaide William Snawsell shall abide w* the
voydance of y*' waterfall of ye forsaide gutter, and, in like
forme, the saide vicare, as by right ande duete belongyng to ye
saide chaunterie, shall bere the charge of ye uphaldinge ande
makyng of ye forsaide pales at alle dayes, at his owen propre
costes ande expense}. — [/(/. 331a.]

The xxiij'' day of the moneth of Octobr, in the xv"' yore of Oct. 23,
Kinge Edward the iiij^William Hyndeley, John Shupton, masons, ^'^'^'
John ITirste ande Christofr More, carpcntonrs, iiij sorchionra

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wHn the saide cite, cam in tliair propre personnes in the counsail
chambre, afore the Maire aboun saide, ande there and thanne
made thaire bodelye othe3 nppon the holy Evangelist truely
forte serche the mete3 ande bounde3 of a certayn grounde of
John Gillyot of Yorke, Aldreman and merchaunt, adjonyng
upon ane oyere grounde of William Rakett th'elder, and Thomas
Aslacby. Where apon and incontinent after, the said daye and
yere, the forsaide serchiours, accordinge to the custume of the
same cite, ande by th'assentes ande desiers aswele of the forsaid
John Gillyott, as also of S"" Thomas Hambald, attorney of the
forsaide} William Rakett and Thomas Aslacby, yanne yere also
presente in the saide counsaill chambre, yode unto the grounde
of the saide John Gillyottes, lyynge at the baksyde of the saide
John Gillyotte's tenement wherein he than dwelled, in Copper-
gate towardes the hinge's water of Fosse, in the parrishe of Alle
Halowes upon the Pavement w*in the saide cite, betuyx a tene-
ment in the haldyng of Hen re Williamson on y* one side, and a
tenement of the saides William Rakett and Thomas Aslacby,
late in the haldyng of Robert Amyas, on y* oyere syde. Ande
the same grounde y' and yan the same serchiours diligently
serched and mesured by gode deliberacon ; and incontinent,
the same daye and yere, the saide serchiours, after thair serche
so made, cam in the saide counsail chambre afore the saide Mayre,
and y'e and thanne saide, in vertu of thair othe, that the saide
grounde conteyneth in lengthe at the ovirsyde in breede, frome the
tenement of the saide Henre Williamson unto the grounde of the
saide3 William Rakett and Thomas Aslacby, vj yerdes aneyuche
lakk, ande at the ney'e syde v yerdes, halfe yei'de and halfe
quarter, and more by ane halfe ynche as to thair estimacon, etc.
Memorandum, that ye saide} day, yere, presence ande place,
the forsaide John Gillyott promised for his partie that if the
saide} William Rakett ande Thomas Aslacby will at any tyme
hereafter have a newe serche of the saide grounde, that yan he
will beere his due parte of alle suche costes, as shall be requisite
in that behalfe,* etc. — [Enrolment Book, Civ. Ebor., B. Y. 145.]

Aug. 20, 16 Edw. IV. (1476).— John Burgh, William Stane-
* A few thorn letters are used in this document.

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house, William Cole & Richerd Blakelok, seircheours of ye Aug. 20,
wriglites and tilers w4n ye citie of Yorke, ye same day above
written, come to fore Thomas Wrangwish Maire & ye chamher-
leyns, in ye counsell chaumbre uppon Owse brigg, and award &
jugement gaffe of a variaunce of a ground be twix John Gilyot
Alderman of ye on partie, and Ambrose Preston of London
chandeler of ye other partie. First yai deme a gutter yat ligge}
in lengh frome ye streit of Petirgate, be fore doun thrugli a
tenement of ye said John Gilyot Alderman to ye Kynge's dyke
be hynd of ye on partie, and a tenement of ye said Ambrose
Preston of ye other partie, ye which said gutter and ye leid yer
of, we ye said seirchours fyndes be our discrecions pertenyth
evenly to ye forsaid John Gilyott & the said Ambrose, never ye
lesse we consider ye greit cost and expences yat ye forsaid John
Gilyot maid and done, we y'fore giffes and awardes yat ye said
John Gilyott shall have ye said gutter all hole to hym selff, so
yat he giffe to ye forsaid Ambrose, or to his depute, for cause
of eassement in watter fallyug owt of ye forsaid gutter uppon
ye gi'ound of ye said Ambrose, iij s. iiij d. now furthwith, and
never after yis to giff more to ye said Ambrose for ye said gutter,
and els ye said John Gilyott to bere charge of ye watter
commyng of ye said gutter. — \_Hoi(S6 Book, Cic. Ebor. i. 21.]

M**, that the xv^^ day of Decembre, the yere of r.r. Dec. 15,
Henre vij*'' after ye conquest ye xvij**^, by assent and consent of
William White Alderman, on yat oon partie, and Ric' Thorn-
ton Alderman, on yt other partie, John Sclater and John
Stevenson, sersours of the carpenters, Ric' Blakeloke and
William Eliot sersours of the teilers, tofore ye right wurship-
full Sir, John Stokdale Maier of the citie of York, wer sworue
upon the Holy Evangelistes treuly to viewe & serche two
tenemente3, newly & of late maid & reparared by ye said Ric'
Thornton on North strete & ^lekilgate negh Ousebrygge end,
adjoyng unto the tenemente3 of ye said William on ye said
stretes ; whiche sersours went unto ye same two tenemente3 &
viewd theym, and after theyr othe3 by assent & consent of the
said partie3 ordered in nuiner & forme en:>uyg. That is to say,

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ather of theym sliall have tlieyr esyng drop upon other at theyr
tenemente3 in North stret, yat is to wit y® said Ric' Thornton
for his kid helme upon ye tenement or ground of ye said
William Whyte, and the said William for his long house opon
ye tenement or ground of ye said Ric' Thornton. And
William White grauutes yat a gi'ece & a gutter, whiche y® said
(Ric' Thornton) hath laid & festened unto a tenement of ye
same William at Ouse brigge end, to stand & abid still as it
nowe doth unto y^ tyme y' the said William or his eyre3 of
newe bild or repayre his said tenement ther. And ye said
Ric' Thornton grauDtes yat the sparre3 & tymbre of ye said
William, which is shot & hyngeth over ye ground of y^
same Ric' ther by viij*'* ynche3 & more anenst y® pan of his
house, shall hyng & abid still as it doth unto tyme yat ye
said William or his eyres of new bild or repayr os his above-
said ; and then he to bild up right from his soile tre upward.
And this ordour and award by assent & consent of y® said
partie3 was giffen by the same serchors tofore the Maier,
Michell White, George Kyrk, William Neleson, Aldermen, the
Chamberleyns, and other, diverse other honest persons beyng
present w* the said Maier in ye Counseill Chambre opon Ouse
brigge, the day & yere abovesaid. — [House Booh Civ. Ehor.
viii. 121.]

III. PRESENTMENTS OF THE JURIES AT THE COURTS OF
THE ABBOT OF SELBY.

[Fro7n the Originals at Londeshrough,']

12 Edw. IV. 1472. — Jhesus, Thes er y^ grefis y* sij men
fendes defectyffe. In y^ fyrste we say y* John Belly nghom maid

afray of Jo & grefesly hurt hem of parell of his

dethe, y^ bludwyt vj s. viij d., & ton halfe to y® kyrke warke,
& y^ toy .... ye lord. Item John Dawson maid afray of
John Belyngham, y^ mercyment iij s iiij d, the ton half to the
k . . . . & y^ toyere to y^ lord. Item Rye' Emson maid
afray of John Broun & drue blod on hym, y® bludwyt
vj s. viij d., y'^ ton halfe to y* kyrke, y'' tother to y® lord. Item ye
said \{yc maid afray of a man of Fenton, ye fray iij s. iiij d., the ton

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lialfe to y* kyrke aud oyere to y^ lord. Item Rye' Cornner maid
afray of Herse Tliorppe, y® fray, ether of tham, xij d. Item Roarer,
y* Merciallse man, maid asalt of strangher, & fraid y^ ueghboures,
y" salt XX d. Item Rye' Emson maid asalt of William Broune at
his dore, & afrayd his neyghburs of Palmsondai, y*^ salt xx d.
Item William Wallas maid asalt of John Balme at his dore, y*^
salt XX d. Item gyf yer be anny mane y* has anny swyue, y' will
not set tham befor the hyrd, y" sail forfyt for evere swyne iiij d.
W Pallmms pro Domino, Johannes Eleson, Robertus Walker,
Barnerde Lignkolne.

Also xij men has ordan & chosyu ij men of ather gatt for to
gedyr y® swyn hyrd hyre3 w* the constabylle William Baker &
Robert Stylyngton, . , Gower, John Rowghte, & Robert Wrthe,
for Mekylgate.

M** yt yes er y® Artecles y'' . . . . y® whest fendes yam
greweid. In y® fyrste we say y'' y® bruher y*^ bruhis to sell, sail
sell w* in his hus j galon all for ij d., & j quart for j halpeny, be
a mesur seald, & j . . j d. ob. forthe at dore ; & also in casse be y*y'
y" sail not deny no por man nor woman penyworthe ner halpeny-
worthe, galon nor halfe galon, wheny*' y* com tharfor for yar monny,
& it may be prowyd, & schoy have abown xij galons w' in hyss
hows, opan of forfetynge iij s. iiij d, as oft as shoy hisfone defectyffe.
Item we desyer a remedy of owr buschers for sellynge of thar flech,
for we thynke y* y* sell un to pepyll der fleche y*- y^ pore pepyll
gruchis gretly thar wyt, whar for we desyer, be awyse of my Lord
& the Stuerd, for to have a serche wekly of the buschers, & se y'
y* sell a resonabyll pennyworth after he byes so. Item, for owr
fechers, elykwys, y' y* sell noy feche w* owt y* it be abyld be
fyehe offesers as sail be asegnid be Lord & Stuerd, & at y°
fecher be sworne what y* it coste at see, & he for to have a com-
petent wennynge ; & y' no man cute hys feche bot y' at be
serched be y*' debetes y^ ar ordane for sersynge. Item we say
y' yer have boght of late in y*" markyge unsesanabyll wetyl, y'
is to say, feche & herrynge, bothe Thorn Smythe & John Clyti'e ;
we amersy the ather of tham xij d. ; &, yf thay brynge anny
more fyehe chafer, y* for to forfyto thar feche. Item we d(es)yer
y* no bakster y' has to by to sell, by no corne in ye markythe

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to a xj be strekenge to y® comyne pepyll be servid, opane of
vj s. viij d., y* to be forfyt, y® ton halfe to y® Lord, y® toher half to
ye kyrkwarke. Item gyffe anny man that comhis to y® markythe
w* anny corne sail not set it up fro markyth day to markyde
day, bot yf it cane be prewyd y* he his bed no selver tharfor,
bot y* he sell it as markythe gos, & that y® markythe of corne
be endyd be xij of da, opan of forfetyng of his corne. Item
we say that Rychard Atkynson maid afray of the constabyll, y^
mercyment iiij d. Item we say that John Kokher (mercyment
xij d.) maid afray of John Barton.

June, 14*** Edw. IV. 1472. — First the constables present that
William Couper (iiij d.) made affray uppon Thomas Kirkhous
and hym stroke w* a staff, anno xiij. Item Patryk (xx d.) &
James Glover, glover, (xx d.) made affray the same, and outhir
drewe blode of othir, and rescued the constables. . . . Item
Thomas (ij d.), servaunt of John Eleson, made affray uppon
Stryngersen, when he made the kynge's wach. Item John
Shepherd (ij d.) made affray uppon Th. Michell (ij d.) & stroke
hym with his bowe in the felde. Item Gerard Melton (xij d.)
made affray, & stroke a straunger w* a wodknyfe & drewe blode.
Item John Kyng (vj d.) made affray uppon the goldsmyth (vj d.)
of Selby.

xxj men sworn for the lord and tenant3 say uppon thair
othe that Thomas Dransfeld is a theef and has knowelach
felony, and now liffe3 as a vacabond. Item that one Patryk,
dwellyng in Midelthorp, is a vacabound, and hath no craft
used then lyvelode to lyflF uppon, agayns the forme of lawe
liffyng, and called avowtrer w* othir men wyfe3. Item that
John Bek is a vacabound and gos about w* a lettre testimonial!,
beggyng to beseke you to see his writtyng, and that he may
be warned to be of gode governance. Item Laurence of Lawe
is a vacabound, and uses no craft to lyf by, bot lyffe3 sus-
peciouslye agayns lawe of this land. Item that Stephen
Taillour, dwellyng in Midelthorp, is a vacabond, y*" fore by cans
he hath dwellyng bot of short tyme in the towne, it is necessary
to charge hym to be of gode reule. Item that William, ser-
vaunt of Herry Couper, is a ryotter on nyghtes, sittyng up at

ENGLISH MISCELLANIES. 25

uncovable tyme, and that he drawes to his felyship Thomas
Folyfote, John Arott thelder, & John Arott yonger, which be
not well disposed. Item that John Hode is a vacabound, and
usith to go w' the Marchalsy, and in a place that he come
to he cutt asmych bacon out of a flyk as was worth iij d.,
unlawefully. Item that William Broun of the Marchalsye
uses uulawefuli playes by nyghte}, and syttes up at uncovable
tyme. Item that John More, teuaunt to Robert Mascald in
Midelthorp, is a receptour of suspect persones, commyng by
nyght and goyng by nyght, and liffes as a vacabound. Item
that Robert Coureenay receptes mysgoverned persones and
suspect of felony, by nyghtes, if he do so from hensforward, to
forfet a payne of xl s. Item that Robert Broun of the Cowe
layne receptes Scottes and othir suspect peple, we payne to lefe
that reule in payne of xl d. Item that Roger of the Mar-
chalsye, servaunt to William Broun, is a suspect persone, and
we desire to have hym out of the towne. Item we desire that
ye will commaund John Donkan to be well rewlyd. Item that
John Coke fyssher suffers me(n) to play in his hous at the
table} for mony by nyghte}. Item that oone panyermaker
houses & barbers suspect persones in his hous, and liffes as a
vacabond. Item Hobson of Goldall & Heryson of the same er
forstallers of samen comyng toward the mai-kett in Selby ;
we will that thay lefe ; and, if thay be fouuden gilty herafter,
outhir of thame to lese vj s. viij d. Item that no man bot
officers bers unlawefuU wepyn to the kirk then in the market
in payne of xij d. Item we ordeyn that all vacabondes, bifore
writen, kepe gode reule in tyme to come, and, if any of thayme
be founden gilty, to voide the toune of Selby by Michaelmes
day next for to come in payne of xl s.

Oct., 12 Edw. IV. (1 472).— Jhesus. Thes er ye fawtes y'
xij men fendes defectyve. In y* fyrste xij men says y' the
crosse in the markythe his defectyff & lyke to fall, & sas the
Lord sail reperell be Passe day, in payn of the jeberde y' may
fall thar off. Item the Melne brige his defectyffe, & be louges
to the Lord to reperall, & it be maid be y® forsaid day in pan
of perell y' may fall. Item the Cokreke bryge his defectyffe,

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& be longes to the Lord to reperell, & it be maid be the said
day. Item we fend y* Rye' Derreke his lepere, & his not
abyll to felychep emange the pepell, wharfor we desyer y* he
be wodyd be Myrtynmes next comyng, opan of xl s. Item we
say that thar sail no man geder non akcornes in the comone
wod in pane of xvj d. as of as thay be prewed gederynge.
Item we say that John Wryght of Faxflet has broken y^, he
was of Selby, be diveres tymes, for the whylke we amercy him
x s. Item we say y* John Scheperd selld unseuynabyll flech,
for the welke we amecy him ij d. Item we say y* William
Broun of Merschalse met women at y® toun end wyt thar gess,
& boght tham or thay com at the merketh, whar for we amercy
hym iiij d. Item we say y* John Byrd maid afray of Remeng-
hyngton wefFe & drwe blod on hym, & Remyngton drwe blud
on hym, we amercy ather of tham xij d. Item we sale y*
William Walas & Ric' Thomson maid afray at kyrk dore &
frayd paryschens, we amercy ather of tham iiij d. Item we say
y* Asschoniae y* dwelles next Schepman wyfFe maid afray of
John Wesmerland, we ameecy hym xij d. Item we say y* John
Rowthe maid afray of Robert Scheperd & John his son, we
amercy hym iiij d., and Robert Scheperd iiij d. Item we say
y* Milles Wytton & Robert Sumerschals, smythe, maid afray,
we amercy ather of tham vj d. Item we say y* John Corner
maid afray of William Bacon, we amercy hym xiiij d. Item
we say y* John Yonge & the correher maid afray, we amercy
(a)ther of tham ij d. Item we say y* John Chaine & fader
maid afrae and druwe blud of ather of tham, iiij d. Item we
say y* John Dawson maid afray of William Resen, we amercy
hym iiij d. Item we say y* Roger Whallay & Rye' of Back-
liowes maid afray, we amercy yam ij d. Item we say y
Thomas Smythe maid afray of Cransfeld and drwe blud on
hym, we mercy hym vj d.

Tliys er ye defawtes y' xij men fendes deffectyife at the
gret cowrtes at Mykelmes, y® yer of r. of kynge Edward iiij" xv.
(1475).

In the fyrste we say that the Mylne bryge ia defectyffe, &

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lyke, bot it be amend son, y' it wyll be gret hurt to the ton,
whar for, bot it mendyd be Martynmes, we amarce it xl s.
Item we say that Skokryke bryge is defectyffe, & lyke to
be gret hurt to the kynge's pepyll, w' out it be amendid,
whar for, bot it be amendid be the said day, we amercy it
XX s. Item we say that the fotman's cawse be for WilHam
Chawe dore is defectyffe, wharfor, bot it mendyd be the said
day, we amercy it xij d. Item we say that the said William
has incrossid afor his dor of the hy way, bot yff he lay it
agane, we amercy hym xij d. Item we say that the hows y*
John Zonge dwells in of the busser rent, and the hows of
Robert Raynald next by stoppes the watyr sew that the water
may not hawe it reght corsse, whar for, bot it be mendid be
Mertynmes, we amercy ather of tham iij s. iiij d. Item we
ordeyne that the new sewes in Gouththorp eu' in defaut of
Rauf Bab thorp squyer, is defectyve, yerfore payne is that it
be mendyd by Martynmes next in payne xij d.

Oct., 17th Edw. IV. (1477).— Item that Richard Fereby
etc has barked ledyr unlawefully & sold it to the kynge's
people wher by the lawe it is noght half barked.

We say y* John Studherd (viij d.) maid afray of Wylliam
Underwod (iiij d.) wryght, & John Studherd had his hed
brokynge. Item William Panter (vj d.) maid afray of ij
stranghis (ader of tham xij d.), & the panter had his hed
brokyn. Item we say y* Rychard Dyschforth & Robert
Smythe, fecher, toke & selld j stranges man heirreng for iiij a
penny, agans ordonans of the ton. Item we say y* Rye'
Dychforthe (xl d.) & John Hodd made afray of one Barchand
of Rekall, bocher, for brynghyng in of wetell for the welfare
of comhons. Item if any man take to sell any oyer man
fyssh in the merkett, and any man do the contrary, he to
forfett vj s. viij d. Item that the purpressures come in this
day xiiij day, to gyf thair presentment bilongyng to their office,
in payne of vj s. viij d. Item that Thomas Berbour, after he was
sworn, departed frome the Jury. Item William Bacon holdcs ij
dogges uulawefull, it is charged to kepe that one in band,

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and put away the tother, in payne of xx s. Item that
Richard Dysshford had in his shop fyssh by xiiij daes, to it
stanke in so mykell it was caried to Ouse, yerfore, if he do any
more, for to forfett vj s. viij d.

Thys is the wardytte of xxij men & the constabylls, the
xix day of Aprill, the xix yer of r. of K. E. iiij*^ (1479).

In the fyrst, we fynd a gret defawt in the crosse in the
merkythe place, that it is in pounte to fall, & lyke to doy gret
hurt bot it be amendid. Item we fynd y* Stewn Harlynge
(ij s.) maid afray of Kyrlowe. Item we fynd y* W. Harwod
(xij d.) maid afraye of Robert Raner in the merkythe. Item we
fynd y* William Hadfeld (xl d.) maid afray of Robert Lyndsay &
drewe blod of the same Lyndsay. Item we fynd y* William
Paynter maid afray of John Emson of Thorp, xx d., & blod
drawn of the payntor, xx d. Item Robyn Belfeld (ij s.) maid
afray of Bakon man, and of hym drewe blod.

1483. — Jhesus. Item we fend y* Pereson has a servand y*
is yll disspossid of hyr handes, whar for we wyll y* schoy be
woydyd the ton be twix this & Sant George day, opon pane
XX s. Item we fend y* one Wrodyngton, a waykabound, is
avell dyssposid man y* dwelle her araang us, and has yl-
dyssposid folkis comynge to hym, whar for we well y* he be
woydyd the ton be the said day, opan in prisonment. Item we
fend y* on Breyerton, talzer, has an ewell dyspossid woman to his
wyff of hyr handes, and cutes corn in harwyste, & oyere thynges
tak in the fyld, as eghes ; we woll y* schoy be woydyd ton be
said day, opan of prisonment. Item we fend y* Herre Warter
has ylldysspossid cheldyr, & of brekynge of mens heghis, &
takyng of kydes & oyer stuffe, whar for we amercy hym for y^
defawt y* his maid iiij d. ; and yf it may be fonden doynge hurt
agane, then we wyll y* he forfit iij s. iiij d. Item we fend y'^ John
Herrot has avell dyssposid chylld of brekynge of heghis, war for
we amercy hym for y* y* is don iiij d., &, yf y* be fonden anny
more in defawt, we amercy tham thar efter iij s. iiij d. Item we

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fend y* William Whalley has yll dispossid cheldyr of brekynge
of hegliis, wharfor we amercy hym for y' y* is done, iiij d., &,
yf y* be fonden anny mor in defawt, we amercy hym iij s. iiij d.
. . . Item we fend y* the crosse in the merkyth place is lyke to
fall, and lyke, bott grace be, to myschef sume man, whar for we
dysyer y' it may be mendid or anny hurt fall. Item we fend
y* melners is not deligent to serve the Lorde's tennandes be for
owte men, whar for we dyseyer the Lorde's ofFecer gyff warnynge
to tham y* it be mendid, and also y* y* take mesurabyll multure
of men's corne, for ther is diverse men y* complens of tham,
wharfor we amercy tham nowe at this tym for defawt y* is maid
ij s., ande eftyr, & thay ar fonden defectyffe, to forfyt xx s. Item
we well y* yff it may be fonden be the offecer or be auny oyere
man y* anny bocher y* slays flech kep anny ower Thorsday y*
was sclayn of Setterday afor, bot yf it be powderd, from May
day to Makylmes day, to forfyt the flech, & xx*'d. to the Lord.
Item we desyer y* the offecers, y* y^ make a dew serche wekly
of the syss of bred & all, for pur pepell y* lyff'his of the
penny complens tham grettly y* the sys is not kepid. Item we
well y* our butes in the Owt wod be maid be the tonchype of
Selby, be maid be Wetsonday next comynge, opan of vj s. viij d.
Item we fend a gret defawt y* in Owsgat the ground gos away,
and lyke in prosisse of tym, w* owt y* it be amendyd, is lyke to
mescheffe all the gates of Owsgate, & all the howynge y* bondys
of the watter ; whar for we desyer y* my Lord & his breyer lye
ther hedes togeder, y* ther may be fonden a remdy ther fore, ar
it be wars. Item we desyer y* my Lord and his breyer wald
gyff us tymber, y* we may mayke a comyne seghe, y* the pepyll
may be eassid, for the comyns gretly grughis ther wythe y* ther
is non as ther was wont to be. Item y* eve re mane clens his
gutters againe the payment for uschuynge of the water for
drownnynge of payment be Whetsonday, yen evere pec iiij d.

Apr., IGth Hen. VII. (1501).— Robertus Michall (viij d.) of
the Cowleyne, berker, has sawed okes in the Northwoddes of
my Lord Abbot of Selby by diverse tymes, and has levetakyn,
and his ax has bene takyn frome hym, and will noo mend, and

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if ye xii men will amercy liym accordyng to the trespas my
Lord is content, and if ye will not, my said Lord will take a
remyde as the lawe will, and, as oftyme as he is takyn, he shall
forfet vj s. viij d. Item Collyng, the shomaker, (vj d.) has tres-
past is in the same forme. Item John Shepherd (ij d.) and
John Ternour (viij d.) has felled hollynnes and okewod in
the said North woddes, and ofest tymes as he is takyn he shall
forfet xij d. Thomas Ternour, son of Richard Ternour, has
pylled hollynnes in diverse places, and cutt esshwod by divers
tymes, to the gret hurt of the said Lord, and, as oftymes as he
makys any more fawte3 he shall forfett vj s. viijd.

April, 18th Hen. VII. (1503).— Also the wHn wrytten Jur' ar
fully agreede, and be thadvyse of Thomas Elles esquier, deputie
to Sir Thomas Darcy knyght, and also by James DufFeld, clerke
of the courte, & William Hagthorpe, balyff of Selby, in the
fourme ensuynge ; that Johne Mitteley & his heires frome
nowforthe shall wall up & make close sufficiently the utter
west syde of his swynstye toward the tenement of John Goldall,
so that no fylth, nor corrupion, or dunge, come nor discend fi*om
the same swynstye into the grounde of the said John Goldall,
excepte y* it be by sipynge, or casualtie, butt to lay the dunge,
owder in the gate, or eles w*in his owne grounde, so that yat it
anoye not the same John Goldall, nor his heir3, nor the holders
of the same tenemente ; and the same John Miteley shall gar
mavke a litill gutter w*in his own grounde doune to the pale,
benethe the same swynsty, and a grate w*in ij fete of the same
pale, so that the fylthe & juse that discendes & come3 frome
the sade stye maye go doune yoll way, & thrugh the pale, &
so to the dame in the gutter toward the said John Goldall
grounde. And as for rayne watter or oyer causett weetes when
they com to go & discende, what way they will, of to grounde
or of toyer. And for the eves droppes, and oyer easementes, for
reparacion3, when neide requierethe, ayer of thame to have &
take ease of oyer accordyng to olde neghburode & gude
custome, w* onto grugyng of ayer party after this courte ; &
her uppon, in the presens of all the hole inquest, & many oyer.

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tlie said John CoUlall Sc John Mittt>ley in the highe chirche of
Selby war fully accordytt, & frendely ayer toke oyer be the
handes.

21 Hen. VII. (1505?).— The answher of William Roper &
Jhane his wyfe ayenste Robert Calthorne.

Be it knaweyn y* Robert Cauthorne of Selby sent for "Wylliam
Ropper and hys wyfF to cum to hym, and ev' they wald speyk
w* hym, for he is so sore takyng, and that tyme that he sente for
hus was thys tym ij yer ; and he schewyd hus that he had
spokyn w* John Cauthorn, dyssyryng hym to be hys sektur, and
also me to be hys sekture to ; and then he answerd me and
sayd, 'Thys hys not the matter y* I send for yow, for it is
so y* yowr wyfF hays had hyll wordes for me, qwylk y* I was
never worde off ; and, qwheyr y* I can not restore hyr in to hyr
gild naym agayn, I be seyk yow, latt me gyff hyr sum off my
gudes.' And more over I askyd hym qwat gudes it schuld be,
and then he schuyd un to me ande my wyfF agayn y* it schuld
be hys wyff beltte and hyr beydes, excep the rynges and the
jewelles y* was att thaym, be syd his testament, and I gaff hvm
leyff to gyff my wyff thaym, and my wyff leyff to tak thaym, not
off no condecion but frely gyffyn for ever mor, excep schew schuld
not weyr thaym in Selby not hys lyff; and then he wald have
gyffyn thaym un to hus at hevyn, and we wald not tak thaym
y* nyght ; and then we sayd, and he walde be the saym man att
morne as he hys at hevyn, we wald tayk thaym ; and then at
morne he sent for hus w* hys maydyn, and my wyff went and
fecchyd thaym, and he delyveryd thaym w* his awn handes
unto me wyff, frely gyffyn for ever more ; and thys wyll we mak
gud OS trew kyrsyn folk schuld doo, and frely gyffyn, w*owt any
codicion.

April, 10th Henry VIII. (1519). — The grett Inquest charges
and commandes all wattersewers and the dyssendis yer off,
off bothe sydya the town, be dykid and scoried be Withesondav,
snl) p(pna. evere roode, ij d. Item y' the raylners grounde mv

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Lord Abbott & liis tennantez off Selby afore any owte folkes.

Item that no veteller, nor other man, herber no begers nor

vacabundys in thayr howsses. Item y* the swyn be rynged

be Saynt Elene day, excepe sewes w' piges. Item y* no man

nor woman latt no manservauntes dysse nor carde in ther

howsses at unconvenyaunte tym off the nyght. Item y* noo wode

kyeper take no swyn into the woddys for akecornes. Item y*

the buttys be mayde be Withesonday. Item that no man

scaste no caryon in the newe layn, ne in no nother commen

waye wher the kynge's pepill passes. Item that no man

by no corn to the bell be gon aboght the town. Item y^ the

botchers kype well and honestly thayr bowlels and blode. Item

that no man nor woman ber no wood from no woddes of

my Lordy's Abbott. Item that no man kype no mor curres in

his hows butt oon. Item that the swyn be keped in thayr styes

on the nyght. Item that no man caste no caryon in the dam.

Item y* no man fyshe nor fewle in the dam. Item y* no man

dry hempe in thayr howsses. Item that baxters make gude

and able brede for manne's body after the price off the corn.

Item that the brewsters sell a gallon of her best hale for j d. ob.

the gallon. Item that the brewsters lett power people have a

halpynworthe off hale for a halpyney. Item that the gutters

be kyeped well & honestly. Item that fyshers off thys town

of Selby lett my Lord Abbott and the inhabytors of Selby

shuche fyshe as God sendys thaym. Item that all fenses,

betwyc nyghtbur and nyghtbur, be mayd be Saynt Elene day.

Item that the barkers barks well thayr ledder. Item that the

shounemaker sewe well thayre shown. Item that the gloveres

sew well thayr glovys. Item that Symond Ray de Braton take

of his catell off our commen off Selby be Saynte Elene day.

Item that no man or woman breke no heges, nor bere no wood,

sub poena xl s., as oftymes as thay er takyn. Item that no man

kepe no hown, grewand, nor span3ell for distowrbyng of my

Lord game. Item that no man hawke nor hunte w*in my

Lorde's warraunte. Item all fennces buttyng on the kynge's

strett be mayd be Saynt George day. Item that no man or

woman dry no hempe in the dame, nor in the lendynges

goynge to the dame. Item that James Smythe make his fence

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botwyn hym & Nycoles Raghttou be Saynt Elenc day. Item
that no mau lett no bitchis un salts go aboght in the town, but
bynd thaym up. Item that no man nor woman reboke the
whest. Item that no man nor woman lett thayr swyn com in
the churche yerde.

Mercymentes. — Item a watter sewe off Ric' Shippy n,
nott don, xij d. Item a watter sew off John Olyve,
nott doon, viij d. Item Symond Ray do Bra ton, for
ettynge the common, xij d.

Item John Freman mayd affray of Thos Pynner, xl d.
Item John Freeman, for takynge viij swyn to giste,
xij d. Item Nycolson wyff, for sellynge ale for ij d. the
gallon, ij s. Item Ric' Marshall wyfi", y* wold nott lett
powr folkys have hale, iiij d. Item Hew Yeuan
de Ricall, for sellyng messell porke, xx d. Item Pey
de Cauwod, for sellynge messell porke, xx d.

Also yff itt plese my Lord off his Lordshipe and his
Consell to lett us have owre closses for the space off iij yer,
for the wele off the town, and the fennces, and for to have
iiij .... to gether itt att Lammes, ij men in Goutliorpe
& ij men in Mekylgate, Raunald Flemynge & John Peryshe
for Gouthorpe, for Mekylgate Thomas Cowper & Thomas
Strynger.

Item Herpam in the Newe lajm to be the hirde for to keype
the swyn. . . . Item William Toller & Ohristofer Gud for
stellyng a jerkynge.

Oct., 25th Hen. VIII. (1533).— The grete Inquest chargith
& commandith that no man shall sew an oyer at the coien be . . .
(common bench), except his det or trespas be xl s. or above.
That no man, ne oyer person, caste eny carryon in the dam.
That none frome hensfurth fyshe ne fewle in the dame, ne in the
lordeship & liberties of Selby, ne hunt w^oute licence of my
Lorde Abbot of Selby. That none w4n libertie3 of Selby kepe
neyther liowude, spangell, ne grewend, frome luMisfiirth, except
he may spe^de xl s. annuatim. That no man sluill fbrstall, ne

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reygrate euy vitelles, corne, or cattell, or fyslie. Item none
herber eny vacaboundes frome hensfurth. That none brewster
sell eny aile abowfFe j d. ob. a gallon. Y* every baxster maike
goode brede & bolesom for man's body, & sell acordyng as tliey
by. That the cordewayners sew wele theire shewne. That none
cordewaner by eny horse skynnes, ne occupie theyme. That
all bochers kepe wele then'e blode in bolles, & mnssell theire
dogges. Y*^ no persone3 shall kepe euy man servannttes at eny
unlawfuU game3 in theire howsen. Y* the mylner gryndes
the Lorde's tennentes affore owte men. That every man make
his fens be twixt neghtbirs before Seynt Merteryn. That no
man threte ne crake the Lorde's inquest. That no man put
eny farcy horsses, & skabbed horsses, of the commen. That no
man sells his corne, fyshe, ne oyer vittelles, before he com in to
the merkyt, ne to sell it to the merkyt bell be rougen. That
none esyng droppers watch men howsse3. That every man ryng
his swyne, except they kepe theyme of theire owne growinde,
be fore Seynt Wylffride dey. That all mauer of men make theire
fense3 abowndyng of the commen, as they wilbe served, & to
pynd no mans cattell frome hensfurth. That no man cast eny
dong, ne mouk uppon the chanell, or cawsy, from hensfurth.
That no man shall bere ax, bill, or choppyngknyff, to the wod,
ne closse3, frome hensfurth. That no man, ne woman, shall
bere eny wod w*in the lordeship of Selby frome hensfurth. That
a wa,tter sewer in the New layne be made before Martynmes
next. That no man shall rayte nowther hempe ne lyne. It is
covenanted to John Chatterell, servauntt, that she shalnot cliyde
ne flyte w* eny neghtbure3 frome ensfurth, oppen ridyng of the
jebit, or thew, aboute the towne. That all sewers w*in the
towne of Selby be skewred sufficiently be fore mens' dowres
before the fast of Seynt Wylfride, That no man lay no brigges
over the dam. That John Petty, Robert Strynger & Robert
Doule, that they shall mosell their dogges.

Robert Pewe & Thomas Shyppyn, ayle taiesters for Gowthorp,
Robert Doule, John Dobb, ayle taisters for Mykylgate.

ENGLISH .MISCKI.LANIKS. 35

IV. CERTIFICATES OF THE ENGLISH PARENTAGE AND
BIRTH OF CERTAIN PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN
CHARGED WITH BEING SCOTS.

[From the York City Records.]

To all trewe Christen men to whorne this present writyng 1-17().
shal com, Rycherd Salkeld sqwyer, Thomas Becham sqwyer, cha'rdsoa,'^
John Aglanby geutilman, John Whelpdale gentilman, Robert
Tanyswod yoman, Edward Nycolson yoman, Roberte Graveson
husbondman, and John Iveson husbondman, sendes gretyng
well in oure Lorde Gode. That where as oon John Rychardson,
berer of this, is noysed yat he shuld be a Scottes man and
borne in Scotland, and for asmykell as it is medefull and
meretory thynge to every Cristen man to bere wittnesse of the
truthe, we notefie and declares to youre audience, that the forsaid
John Richerdson is a trewe ligeman to tlie kynge of England,
and gotten and born in Crossby besyde Karlill, and the names
of his godfaders John Warwyk gentilman and John Rycherdson
of Crossby aforesaid yoman, and Elisabeth Tenyswod hys god
moder. And thys wyll we recorde and bere wittenesse be thys
lettre of record sealed with our seales, wyth other mo yf nede
be. Made in the yere of our Lorde millesimo cccclxxvj. — [^Eeg.
Civ. Ehor. A. Y. 343.]

To ye most worshipfull & ther especiall maister, John Tong,
mair of ye cite of York.

Be it credebly certifide to y°«" moost wirshipfull and honor- 1477.
abyll mastership, y' whereas off late tym a man of ye citie of ^.y,'"„
York, cald John Colyn, was notyd and diffamyd . . . iniquite,
be veray malesse, y* he shud be a Skotte & no Ynglysman,
wherfor we, Maister Robert Symson deane of Darlyngton, Sir
Robert Clerk preste, WillirtTn Betel. Jamvs Bland Richard
Deman, William Zotson, W. Smart. Rob' Bay. W Mproh-^H
John Robynson ... & John Symson declares hym on owr
honeste & trewth, y' ye said John was born at Cokvrton &

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36 ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

cristynede in ye fount of y'® Derlyngton, and is a trew Ynglys-
man born both of fader & moder ; y* will we vereffy and mak
good agan all maner of men y* sais y^ contrary ; oblyssyug
also our selve to y^" in cli, yff ye contrary may be lawfully
prevyd, be this owr writyng. Also we William Bettl, James
Bland, Ric' Demen, William Zotson, in y® moost humbly wys
thaukes your mastership, y* it wald plese y"*" goodnes as to do as
mych for our sakes as to shew ye sayd John y"'" favour, for ye
qwych we in tym comyng sail do y""" plesour and servyce yff it
ly in owr power. And in record y* this premisses be trew we
to ye said have sett to owr sells. Yevyn at Darlyngton ye iij
8onday of Lentyn. — [_House Book, Civ. Ebor. i. 62.]

1477. M'^ the xij® day of Novembre, the xvij yere of Kyng Edward

Saumierson the iiij [came] into the counsel chaumbre of Ousebrig to fore
John Tong maire of the cite of Yorke, Thomas Wranggwish,
Robert Amy as aldermen, John Hag, William Letwyn chaumber-
leyns of the same cite, and other thare beyng present, on John
Saunderson, of Yorke, fissher, and thar and then shewed howe
that he of late ayanest right and gude consciens by the childern
of wekydnes was wrongfully noysed, slaundered and defamed that
he shold be a Scotissheman and born in Scotland ; the saide John
Saunnderson, willyng to subdieu and avoid the said noise and
slaunder, and declare and prove hym self a trewe Englissheman,
cam afore us in his propre person w* other ful notable and
discreit persone3 born w*in the counties of Northumbreland,
Westmerland & Cumberland, that is to say Herry Horseley
gent, Robert Wivell, Sir Robert Cuttbert prest, Laurence
Lelegrave yoman, William Spacy, Nicholas Hay, w* othere, and
there & then in & on the premisses dieulie sworn & examyned,
said & confessed that they verelie knewe the said John Saunder-
son for a trew Englissheman, and at he was born in Cheswyk in
Northumbreland, and son to John Saunderson of the same,
husbond. and Alison the wiffe of the same John, his moder, and
at William Saunderson, Robert Saunderson, and Elyn Saunder-
son war god faders and god moder unto the same John
Saunderson fisslier, etc. — \_TToiisfi Bool; Civ. Ehor, i. 76.]

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37

1478.
riKMiias

Unto all theis untill whome this presentes shal com, we, Sir
John lianarsdall ye vicar of Morland, Roland Was, Thomas Fawlo- liakhus
feld, Thomas Saxeld, Thomas Appielby, William Fawlofeld squires,
William Bakus, Robert Bakus, William Cuke, Robert Cuke,
John Cuke, John Weuttire, William Abdisou, Arthure Bethome,
Thomas Reke, of the parrish of Morland, sendes gretyng in our
Lorde & recommendaccin unto whome it semys. And for als
mykell as it is meretorie and medfull thing aneutes God in
every case nedefull to witnesse treuth, and specialy where it is
effectualy requirit, plese it you to wete that we er newe of lato
ryplie enformet by diverse credable persones, that on Thomas
Bakhus, bringer of this presentes lettres, shold be wrongfully
nosed and slaundered as for a Scottes man born, and also un-
rightwisly vexit & turbilled hym to grete hyndrance & scathe,
als well in body as in gude}, wherfore we afore writen make
opynlie knowen, and trulie beris wittenesse before God and all
the worlde, that the forsaid Thomas Bakhus is trews lige man till
our soverand lord ye kyng, and was borne of his modre&gettyn
w*in the forsaid towne of Morland, and there was Cristyned at
the funte stone, and his godfaders callid Thome Smyth, the
whilke is yit of live, and Jellyne Disforthe, & is godmoder Annes
Burbake, and therfore if euy will say or bere hym onhand the
contrarie bot at he is a trewe lige Inglis man borne till our for-
said soveraynt lorde the kynge and at this forsaide recorde, at we
have made in maner & forme afore writen, is veray truthe &
suthefastnes, and that we will abide & stand yare by w* our
bodyes & gudes. In wittenes hereof we have setto our seale3.
Gevyn at Morland aforsaid, the xxij^* day of the moneth of
Septembre, the yere of ye regne of Kyng Edward the Fourto
ye xvii^'\—[Eeg. Civ. Ehw. A. Y. o26a.]

Record pro Roberto Elwald conerour. For asmych as i I7;i.
it is right meretorie as medeful to wittenesse ye trowth, E|'„aij
be it knawen to all maner of men to whom this present
writyng commys, that Robert Elwalde, ye son of John
Elwalde, is a trewe Ynglish man, gottyn of his fadre
aforsaid, and born of his m<>dn> w'in tin.' pai-yssh of Sayui

oS ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

John Baptist w*in Hexhatnshire, whose godfadre was John
Elwalde of the said parysh and John Robson of the Langlee,'
and Janet Elwalde godmodre, of Hakefurth w*in the said shire,
and was Cristenyt in the founte of the said parich of Saynt John
Baptist ; Wherfore we, the Prior of Hexham, Sir Thomas
Laveroke chaplan and parish prest of the said parich, & William
Smyth parishclerke of the same, Thomlyn of Eryngton of
Falefelde, Gerarde of Eryngton of Walwykgraunge, Alex
Armstrang of Croslee, Thomlyn Armstrang of Bewfrount,
Robert of Eryngton of Whittyngton, Robert of Chester
gentilmen, William Soureby, Robert of Sourby, Richerd Sourby,
John of Whitwhame, Alan Kell, John Denyug, John of Rede,
John of Spayn, William Ferlame, John of Greme, and John of
Oopde in, besekes you by the way of charitie to repute and halde
the said Robert Elwalde as for a trewe Ynglish man, as is afore
rehersed, and as for the more trewe certificat to be made to you,
we the forsaid Prior, gentilmen, and yomen afore rehersed hath
setto our scales. Gevyn at Hexham, the xxvij* day of August,
theyereof the reigne of Kyng Edward the iiij* the xix*^. — \_Reg.
Civ. Ehor. A. Y. 326&.]

wnliam ^ ^^y ^^' ^^^^- IV.— Item the same day, tofore all above-

Broun. gaid, cam personalie Thomas Arcle, dwellyng in Elborth in ye
paresh of Dodyngton, countie of Northumbreland, yoman, &
Johnes Tailfere, servaunt to Sir Henry Percy Knyght, & yare
shewid & said yat on William Broun of Yorke, litster, was a
trewe Inglissheman, born in the town of Nesbet, in the parissh
of Dodyngton, ande son to William Broun of the same Nesbet,
and had to his godfaders Robert Colstone of Dodyngton &
William Gudeneghbour of the same, & Isabel Clerk, the wiffe
of John Gierke of Nesbet, his godmoder, and at the said William
liroun was nather of alie ne of blode to eny Scotishman, and
y* he, w* many others, if nede require it, is & welbe redy at all
tyme3 to testefie ye same. And, more, the same day was broght
tofore the said Maire and other abovewriten, by the right
wirshupful S*' Thomas Danby, thes recordes testefying the pre-
misse} under diverse seales, etc. — [^Jlunse Boole, Civ. Ehor. ii. 25.]

KN(iIJSll M ISC 'KLLA NIKS. o'J

For als much as it is both nedeful, medful, & meritory to ','?'•„

, John llaii!'

bere trewe witteues & to recortle ye treuth of every thynge }at
stondeth in doute, yerfore be it knawen to every trewe Cliristen
man yat this present testimonial heris, seis, or redis, yat we,
Sir William Eure knyght, Maister John Kelynge chaunceler of
Durham, William I'ollard esquire, John Stathom jentilman,
AVilliam Belasys jentilman, James Tippyng forster of Aukeland
parke, Cristofer Preston, William K odder, Thomas Spence,
William Blithman, Richard Morton, Richarde Cuke, Richarde
Emendsou, Jenkyn Batmanson, Thomas Porter, & Thomas Cotis
beris witnes, & recordys opon our honestie, be dew examinacion
cS:; trewe enformacion, yt whar as John Hans, of the cete of
Yorke, glover, is grevouslie vexid & trobilde, to his grete cost
& expens, surmysing on hym yat he shold be a Sottys man
born, wharfore we aforesaid, and ich on of us, recordes & beris
wittenes, yat the said John Hans is an Inglischeman, & was
born in Bishope Aukeland, & diverse honest men yat knewe both
his fadir & moder, & had borogage in the same towne, & John
Catrike, yit beyng on lieft', recordeth uppon his treuth yat
Kateryn his wiffe was his godmoder, & Richerd Blithman,
Adame Geme, & Sir Robert Kyngeswod prest was his godfaders.
And for the more credence to be gevyn to this our writynges, we
abovesaid, and ich on of us singulerly, hathe setto our seals.
Gevyn at Bisshop Awkeland, the thirtend day of May. — [iic'/.
Civ. Ehor. A.Y. Sola.']

For as mykell as it is meritable to bere wittenes & suthfast '-f^i-
record in any cause whilke myght ben trouble, losyng of goodes, Mel rem.
or good fame to any trewe Cristen man, in defawte of sooth-
fast knowlage, therfore it is yat we, S"" Henry Percy, lieutenaunt
of th'est Merches of England affornemptes Scotland, S"" Thomas
Grey of Heton, S"" Roger Heron of Forde, S'' Thomas Grey of
Horton, knyghtes, & William of Folbery of the same, berith
witnes & suthfast record yat John Meldrem, dwelling in
Yorke, is Englishman, gottyn by his fadir &. born of his modir
witliiii ye reyme of England, his fadir dwelling in Folbery a\)on
ye wattir of Tyll, olife callit ^^'illi;Mll Mt-Khvui, vo said .Kilm

40 ENGLISH MISCELLANIES,

Meldrem born in Northame apon Twede, & Cristned within ye
founte of ye proche kirke of ye same ; his two god fadres, on
callit John Rootherford constable of ye castell of Northame olyf
at the makyng of this writyng, ane othir callit Robert Maxwell,
dwelling in ye castell of Morpath, his godmodir callit Annes
Jacson, ye wife of Adam Jakson dwelling in Dudo, both olyfe ;
wherfor we the aforsaid knyghtes & swyer willith & preith
every goode Englishman not to presume nor sey any thing
contrery yis our writing, in so mikill if eny wold presume ye
contrarie this our record ; and witnes of the whilke3 to this our
writyng we have set our signettes, havyng the strength of our
selys, ye ix day of Septembre, the xxj yhere of ye reyne of
Kyng Edward the iiij\— [i^e^. Civ. JEbor. A. Y. 352.]

5482. Unto all trewe Xpen people to whom this present writyng

Maison. shall com, see, or heyre, gretyng in our Lorde God. And for
as much as evill disposed people and childern of wekidnesse,
thrugh malice and envy, by the temptacion of an evill sperit,
falslie & untrewlie hath noysed & slaunderd a trewe Inglisshe-
man, cald John Maison, of Yorke, girdler, yat he shold be a
Scottisman born, which John Maison was gottyn & born betwix
his fader & his moder, Richerd Maison & his wiffe, in the town
of Langwathby, and Cristennyte in y* same kirke, and had to
godfaders John Mekyll of Penryth beyng of lyfFe at yis day in
Penreth, & John Walker of Langwathby, & y^ wiffe of Wilkyn
of Carleton y* late discesyd was his god moder, and many ouer
of the said John kyn and frendes at this day dwellyng w*in
the cunte of Cumbreland ; and therfore, be caws y* every trew
Cristen man, by the way of charite, is bunden forto supporte &
maynteyn y^ trewth of every trewe Cristenman, and forto sub-
dewe, repreve, & to put down all falssett and untrewit, tharfore
we all whos narays eftyr folowes, that is to say S*" Christofer of
Moresby knyght & stewerd of Penryth, & of all the whenys hamys,
John of Crakanthorp of Holggull ryssavour of Penryth, & of the
whennys hamys, Richerd Musgrave of Hertley Castell esquire,
Johannet Musgrave of Edynhall wedowe, William Musgrave &
Nicolas Musgravf esquires, Robert of Warcop of Warcop esquire,

ENGLISH MISCELLANIES. 41

John Warcop, John Maunchell, Robert Maunchell esquires,
William Hoton of Penreth, Rolland Wharton, William Betlium &
John Bost of Penreth gentilmen, John Watson, John Gryndon,
John Symson, Richard Robynson, Henry Kirkbeke, Robert
of Gyll of Pen3 & John Mekyll of Penry, & god faders
of the same John ]\Ialson yemon, John of Carleton, Thomas
Carlton, John of Wyndshalys, William Wyndshalys, Robert
Walkar & John Walkar of Langwathby yemon, w* many oder
mo, will uphald, maynteyn apon our treuth & worshippys at ye
said John Malson is a Inglissh born man, gyttyn & born as is
abown said. In wittenesse of the same we have setto our sealles
at Penr^, ye xxj day of Januar', & ye xxj yer of our soveran
lorde Kyng Edward the fourth. — [Beg. Civ. Ehor. A. Y. 352.]

Too all maner of men this present writyng seyng or heryng, i484.
God graunte cS,:; gyff thaym joy and comforth. And for as Ambler.
mykel as it is meritorie, nedeful & spedeful to every man to
puppies and declare in ilke mater the treuth, and specially there
where trewth is liklie w*owte recorde and wittenesse to be
oppressid and set oparte froym the scewres of right, I, S*" Thomas
Flesho"", the vicar of Estwitton in the countie of Yorkshire, sayes
and beris wittenesse of myn prestehode, also declareth opyulie
for trewth yat I the sayd vicar in my kirk of Estwitton gaffe
Confirmacion and Cristendom unto Alexaund' Annler w* all other
observaunce acordyng to the constitucion of all holy kirke,
wittenesse of his godfaders, yat is to say Alexaund' Blakborne,
Thomas Tesedale, Ric' Darley w* all other neghbores, Alan
Gaytterd, Will^m Clapeham, Richerd Clapeham, William
Teysdale, Willyam Bourell, and at every gude person will labur
forto restore hym into his gude name and fame like as we
trewlie and dulye woll afferme of o^ wirshippes, and all such
defamers as wold distrue eny rightful man forto gar hym lese
his godes w' thare fals reportes to get thame a thanke w*all, and
it wer medeful to punyssh thaym in such fourme yat other fals
flaterers may tak ensample w'all. Written at Est Witten, on
the' Monday next after the fest of Saynt James the Appostell.
— fM';/. civ. Ehor. A. Y. :i51r/.]

4:2 ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

1^^^' Memorandum, that ye ij*^ clay of Novembre, the secund

yer of ye regne of Kyng Richard ye Thrid, yer came oon
Richard Davis of ye citie of Yorke, glovere, into ye councell
chaumbre upon Owse brig, afore Thomas Wrangwish, yen being
Mair of ye said citee ; and afore all ye councell of ye said citee
yen being yere and yan, and yere shewed a forget testimonyall
sormysing in ye same in ye names of diverse of ye honest men
of Ripon, wher ye same testimonyall was forget, that oon
Alisaundre Aunbler of ye said citie, glovere, shuld be a Skottish-
man borne ; the contrarie wherof was yen & yere proved true
in ye presence of all ye said councell by an oyere testimonyall
of auctoritee & credence by ye said Alisaundre labored and sued
in ye tyme y' Mastre Amy as was Mair of yis said citee, as in ye
regestre of ye said citie in ye last ende yer of, next ye ' Vynters,
Ordynaunce more evidently it may apj)er.

Item on Fryday, ye iij'^® daye of Decembre, came oon
Thomas Watson of yis same citie, tanner, & oon George Hill
into ye same councell chambre, afore ye said Mair and ye
chaumbrelayns, and yen and yere shewed and declared that thay,
and eythre of theym, wer present and herde when William
Thomson of Rypon, Rawlyn Cundall of ye same, John Cole of
ye same, mercer, & John Watson of ye same, shomaker, said and
swor yat thay ne noon of theim wer nevere prevey to ye sealing
of ye forsaid forged and untrue testimonyall, shewed & labord
by ye said Richard Davis, and y* thay and every theym wolbe
redye on thair owne cost to come hedre & make it good upon a
book.

Item Richard Thoneton of yis citie of Yorke, spicer, came
ye same day & tyme and place afore ye said Mair, and shewed
and pl(a)ynly declared y* he was present & herde when Robert
of ye Wardrop of Ripon aforsaid said and swore y* he was nevere
privey to ye sealing of ye forsaid forged, false testymonyall.

Item William Banes, baker, and Thomas Blande sayd in y*^
same place & presence yat ye said Richard Davis proferd
eythre of theym a pair of gloves to say yat yay sawe y'' said
forget & untrue testimonyall sealed.

Item Thomas Wright of Thriske came into ye same place
Si, presence and offerd to swer upon a booke y* ye forsaid

ENGLISH MISCELLANIES. 43

AHsaimdre Aunbler is a true Inglishe man, borne in Estwitton,
and y^ he welbe at all tymes redy to prove & make good eytlire
upon a book or els with his handes.

The X day of Decenibre, in the yere abovesaid, before the
said Mayre, in the said chambre, where and when personally
appered John Oatescalles, Robert Wilkynson, John Hausse,
John Downe, William Pert, John Kirkby, and llichard Watson.

Unto whome the said Thomas Wrangwish Maire, shewing
first the testimoniall approbate of the said Alisaundre in the
days of Robert Amyes Maire, and the above writyn declaracion
concernyng the desetyng of a fals testimoniall, purchasid by
the forsaid Ric' Davys, examined and deraaunded of theme
severally how they wold accept the said Alisaundre after
the forsaid declaracion, which answerd and said, ichone of theme,
that they wold accept hynie for a true Englisman as they did
hertofore surmising none otliere upon hyme herefter. — [_iis'J- A.

M*^ that the Tuesday next tofore the fest of the Nativitie of 148.').
Saint John Baptist, that is to say the xxj day of the moneth of Lambe.
Juyn, in the yeres of our Lord God a m'cccclxxxv, and the
reigne of King Richard the Third secund, in the counsaill
chambre upon Ouse brig w*in the citie of York, before the right
worshipful Sir Nicholas Loncastre maire of the said citie, one
Andrew Lambe of the same, baker, diffamed by certayn of his
craft that he shuld be a Scot, borne in the realme of Scotland,
appered personally, being present in the said chambre the moost
part of his said craft, w* othre in grete nombre assembled ther,
where and when for his perfiter declaracion that he shuld be an
Inglissh man, borne w*in the realme of England, he shewed unto
the said ^Layre certayne recordes of auctoritie, as foloweth
herafter ; which red, serched, and duly examined by hym in the
.presence of all his craft, chamberleyus and othre being present,
and no tiling probable object ayenst the same by the said craft,
ne othir ther being present, the said Maire, after sad and
mature examinacion of the .said recordes in the presence forsaid,
ilecreed and linully dL'ti-niiyntHl that noo man of the said craft.

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ne othre w*in ye citie of York, suburbs, or precinctes of ye same,
from hensfurth name or call the said Alexandre (sic) a Scot, or
Scottesliman, under the payne of vj s. viij d., evereman so doing,
and also that the said Alex' geve none occasion to any of his
said craft to call hyme a Scot under the payne of forfaitour of
vj s. viij d. to be equally employed to the chambve and the craft
of bakers.

Cojna literce testimonialis domini Gomitis NortJntmbrice irro
Anclr Lamhe.

Henry Erie of Northumberland, lord of thonours of Cokir-
mouth and Pet worth, Warden of the Est and Middel marches of
England anenst Scotland, and Justice of all the Kinge's forest3
from Trent north, to all men to whome this writing shalbe
shewed, greting. For asmoch as my welbeloved Andrew
Lambe, of the citie of York, baxster, by indisposed personnes
onely of malice have, as I am enformed, troubled hyme, sur-
mising hyme to be a Scottes man, I for a due prove in this
behalve to be had have caused serch to be maid, whereby I am
veralie accertayned that the said Andrew is the kyng our
soverain lorde's true ligeman and subgiet, borne w*in this his
realme of England, in the towne of Brenklowe, of the parissh of
Pont Eland in the countie of Northumberland ; wherfor, on the
king our souverain lorde's behalve, I, the said Warden, charge
you, and on myne desire, that noo maner of persone, of what
degre or condicion he be, vex, trouble, or annoy the said Andrew
Lambe in persone ne in goodes, by reason of the said surmise,
but quietely and peasably to have and rejose his fre libertie
according onto our said souverain lorde's lawes, as ye well
eschewe the punycion than may ensue unto you, or any of you,
for the contrary doing and os ye woll that I doo for you if thing
require. Yeven undre my signet and my signe manuel, in my
castell of Alnewik, the xviij*'^ day of Juyn, in the twenty yere
of the reign of our souverain lord King Edward the Fourt.
J. Newton. Henry Northumberland.

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Cojyia litercB testimonialis Abhati^ de Alnewek et alimnim pro
eodem Andrea.

Unto all good Christen people to whos knowlage thies present3
writing shalcome, Thomas Abbot of the monasterie of our Ladie
of Alnewyk, John Herbotill recevour unto my Lord of Northum-
berland wUn the same cuntre, John Heron of Bokkenfeld
gentilnian, "William Dokson, Th, Hedle, Thomas Stedeman of
Morpath, Kobert Dobson of Thriston, Edward Dobson of Felton,
John Dobson, Robert Gibson of Acton, Thomas Hall, and John
Bradelee of Anewik forsaid yoman sendes greting in our Lord
everlasting. For asmoch as it is meritorie and medefull to
witnesse and certifie the truthe in evere mater, and, in especiall,
ther as it is meritorie and medefull may gender or cause
prejudice, hurt, or hinderance unto the innocent, we, therfor, the
forsaid Abbot, gentilmen, and yomen testifie, record, and bereth
witnesse that Andrew Lambe of York, baxter, wonnyng in
Ousegate, is an Inglish man, borne in the parish of Pont Eland
in the towne of Brenklaw, where his moder decesed in child
bed of the same Andrew, having too oone of his godfaders John
of Kalom, to whome his fader was servaunt in the same Brenk-
law, and oone othre, William Haton of Shetryn, and to his god-
moder Eden of Peyth ; wherfor we, as affore, exorte, pray, and
require all good lordes, masters, and frendes not for to molest,
vex, ne trouble the said Andrew in that behalve, bot to accept
and admit, repute, and hold hyme as a good true Inglish man
borne, at our record and testificacion. In witnesse wherof we the
forsaid Abbot, gentilmen, and yomen have putto our sealles to
this present writyng, writtyn the xiiij day of the moneth of
Juyn, the xxj yere of the reigne of our souverain lord King
Edward the iiij after the conquest of England.

Alia record p'o eodem Andrea.

Be it knawne to all men that this present writing heres
or sees, and in evoi'e mater of truthe is meritorie and medefull to
record the truthe, there as cone' Andrew Lambe is noysed in
the citie of York by his neghbours, and specially by his adver-

46 ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

saries, to be a Scottesliman borne ; it is not soo, for the truth
in the mater is serchid, understand, and fondon contrary, for
the said Andrew was borne in the towne of Breulay in Pont
Eland parisshe, and Cristynd in Pont Eland kirk, as it is fon
by men of age and substance in the parissh ; wherfor the said
Andrew, w* othre worshipfuU men of his frendes, hath re-
quired ye vicar of Pont Eland to record ye same w* other
diverse gentilmen and yomen, y* is to say Sir Thomas
Harbotill vicar of ye same kirk of Pont Eland, Alex Mitfurth
gent, Ric' Cocour, Will Barnewell, John Gateshened, Thomas
Andreson, William Watson, John Wynship yoman ; wherfor
we, forsaid rehersid, in witnesse settes to our sealles. Also ther
was iij men of York her xiiij days affor, and desirid to under-
stand if any sike man had any record lat tyme affor or noo,
and we certified yem y* ther was none y* tyme requirid, and
we certified yem at y' was required noone or now. Wharfor
we forsaid vicar, gentilmen, and yomen settes to our sealles, the
Sunday after ye Magdaleyne day, the yere and reigne of King
Edward xx.—\_Eeg. Civ. Mor. A. Y. 327Z>.]

To the right honorable Sirs, the Metier, Aldermen, & Comon
Gotmseil of the Gitie of Yorh.

Your awne Sir John Aske.

I486. Right honorable Sirs, I commaund me unto you and thank

rington. ' ' you for the tender favour that ye have unto my kynseman, M.
John Harington, the clerc of your Couneseil. And where I
am informed that he at his late being w* the Kinge's grace,
understode, by his good lordes and maisters y', that he was
reputid to be a Scot, which grew on the report of one
Thomas Wharf of (your) citie, whouie ye have examyned, and
ferder entendith to examyne in that behalve, I desire you to
have knawledge for truith that the saide M. John was borne
in Estryngton besides Houeden, of his moder, a poore gentil-
(wo)man, whose fader was to my fader, whome God assoile, at
the third and third degre of consanguinitie, which I wold have
comen and shewid unto you in propre person, if it had semed

ENGLISH MIS(i:i.LAXIKS. 47

to my saide kynseman that I shulcl soo have done : and soo
I wol at his pleasour hast. If this slaunderous report come
to the eers of some yongmen of the blode that he is of, it woll
grewe theynie, I doubt not, which I pray you desire tlie saide
Thomas AVliarfe to remembre. As for his fader, I trust lie woll
declare hyme unto you to be an Englishman and a poore
gentilman borne, thof he never weir taken heir bot for a
yoman, which he haith been right wele at ease before this, and
yit may lif to his honestie, blissid be God, the better, if my
saide kynseman his sone fare wel, to whonie I pray you, for my
sake, to be more siugler good lord and maisters, if ye can soe
be in eny wise. And our Lord God preserve you to His
pleasour. From Aughton the xxiij day of Septembre. — [^Hovse
Bool; Cir. Ehor. vi. 41.]

To the rigJtt ivoi'shipfull Sirs, the Maier, aldermen, and common
cottnesell of the citie of Yorli.

Right worshipfull Sirs, I commaund me unto you. And
for so much as I understand that M. John Harington hath
been lately inquietid by untrue report niaide of hyme above in
the court, and emonges you also by one of his neghbours,
which haith been called afore you and dar not avowe the same,
bot that which he saide he denyed ayene, in the which behalve
and oderwise ye have shewid your self luffing and kynd unto
the saide M. John, as I am enfourmed, I hertly thank you,
latting you wite that the saide M. John is my^ kjTiseman, and
soo I have taken hyme and yit doith, as he can and woll more
largely show unto you by petiegrew. This I pray you to
report, if the case require, and for my sake and othre unto
whome he is of kyn, and I shalbe glad to doo what I can
for you by Gode's grace, Who preserve you. Frome Cartemell,
iij** day of Novembre.

And hertly I pray you, and everych of you, to remembre
the premisse}, as my speciall trust is in you. And if y" be eny
nitiliciouse person that wrongfully wuld vex or trouble my saide
k}-nseman, 1 pray you to be his good maisters according to
right. And who so ever it be that soo doith I shall put me in

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devour to remembre hym in my power w* Gode's grace. —
W* the handes of your good lover, Sir Robert Harington,
knight. — \^IIouse Booh, Civ. Ehor. vi. 48.]

To my right tvorshipfull sirs, the maier, aldermen, sheriffes and
common counsell of the citie of York.

Your loveing freynd Jhon Conyers, Knight,

Right worshipfull Sirs, I commaund me unto you. And
where I am enfourmed that my trusty and right hertly wel-
beloved M, John Harington haith be put to gi'ete trouble and
noted a fals Scott, in the which behalve, as I understand, he
haith not onely declared hyme self before you one English
man, bot aswele a gentilman borne in the parishing of Estring-
ton, w*in xiiij miles of the citie of York, and also a graduate
of the Universitie of Cambridge, w* record under the seal of
the same Universitie testifying his demenaunce there ; and for
somuch as the saide M. John, after his commyng frome the
saide Universitie, come into this counetre to my service, I certifie
you that he was in my service by divers yeres my clerc and
secretarie in the rowme of a gentilman, and soo taken unto the
tyme of his commyng to York to offic for demeaning hyme to
me that I had hyme in my singler favour, and for his trueth,
wisedome, and lernyng accept hyme to be of my fee and
counesell as yit he is, which I desire and hertly pray you to
recorde as the case shall require. And if y' be thing that I may
doo for your pleas', I shalbe more glad for his sake to
accomplish the same by Gode's grace, Who preserve you.
Frome Horneby, the xxiiij day of Octobr'. — [^Hotise Booh, Civ.
Ehor. vi. 49.]

149G. To all trewe Cristen people to whom y'^ present writtyng

Eiwaid. shall come or be shewed, Roland Prior of Hexham, Gilbert
Eryngton, John Ridlee, squyers, Robert Eryngton of Whittyng-
ton, Nicholas Eryngton, Symon Armestrang, Charles Eryngton,
gentilmen. Sir Robert Whitqwam chaplayn & parysch prest
of Saynt Jolni ec, & William Smyth, parysche clerk of the

ENGLISH MISCELLANIES. 40

same, Thomas Soiirby, John Denyng, John Spune, Robert Lee,
Thomas Greue, John Copden, yomen, sendes gretyng in our
Lord God everlastyng, &, to whome it belongeth, diou recomen-
dacion. And for so mekj^l as it is meritory, medefull, and a
speciall dede of charite to certiffie and witnes the trewtli in
eveiy rightwise mater, therfor we make it knawen to your
universite that Robert Ehvalde, the son of John Ehvald, is a
trewe Ynglischeman, getten of his fader beforsayd and born of
his moder, w4n ye parysche of Saynt John Baptist within
Hexham shire, & his godfadyrs callyd John Elwald of the said
parische, & John Robson of ye Langelee, and his godmodcr
callid Janet Elwald of Hakefurth within ye said shire of Hexham,
& Cristened in ye fount of ye said parische of Saynt John
Baptist. Wherfor we pray & charitably exhorte all our good
loufers, welwillers, and frendes that ye walde help & supporte
the said Robert Elwald in his right, as ye wald we did to frendes
and neghbours of yours, if the case require. In witnes herof
we above said base setto our seales. GyfFen at Hexham, the
xxviij*** day of Octobi'e, in the xij*^ yere of the regne of our
soveraigne lord Kyng Henre the vij*"^.

Litem testimonialis jn'o Roberto Elwald de EJtmrtco conyour. —
\_Yoi'h House Boole, viii. 12.]

Be it knowen to all Cristen pepill to whome this present I4nfl.
writtyng shall here or see, that where it is meritorie to every KobiuJon.
Cristen creature to certify e a mater of trewth, we, Thomas
Darnwater of Lepington, gentilman, Sir William Darn water, his
broder, chantry prest of Saynt Mary kirk in Castellgate, John
Bell of York yoman, Janet Bell wiff unto William Wright of
York, and Issabell ]\Iaterson wifF to Robert Abell of York
fyscher, certifieth & recordeth that William Robynson of York,
wever, is a trewe Ynglisch man borne, & was borne in a towne
called Boulton in Westmerland, & Cristined within All Halowe
kyrk within the said town. His fader name was William
Robynson, & his moder name Kateriue ; his godfuder's name
Adame Wolfe, & his other godfader's name was Adam Kedv, &
his godmoder was John Dernwater wiff of Boulton gentihnan,
moder unto Thonu\s of Darnwater «fc S'" William Darnwater

E

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above written ; and John Percevall of Ousby godfader unto ye
said William Robynson under ye bischop hand, and Janet Bell
above written god suster unto ye said William Robynson, John
Bell, & Issabell Materson above wrytten, borne in ye said town
wher the said William Robynson was borne. And for more
declaracion of treuth in the premise3, we the abovesaid Thomas
Darnwater, & oyer tofore named, ar & shalbe redy to record &
testifie thees premyses at every tyme when we yerto shalbe
reasonably requyred. In witnes & record herof the partie3 above-
said hath setto theyr seale3, the xxiij*^ day of moneth of
Decembre, the xij*'^ yere of ye regne of Kyng Henry the vij*"^.
—[York House Booh, viii. 14a.]

1497. Unto all Cristen men to qwome this present writtynge shall

iiios.', and come, we, Sir James Strangways Ivnyght, Thomas Prior of
Kdsou. Montgrace, S"" John Pekett vicar of ye parysche kyrke of
Osmonderley, Thomas Loraunce, James Balderston, John
Baxster, Henr' Thomson, George Thomson, William Lowraunce,
Robert Balderston, John Hudson, Thomas Dixson, William
Noddyng, Thomas Hudson, Robert Laken, John Balderston,
John Seneer, Robert Seneer, William Prud, Thomas Lokwod,
John Oruke, Robert Appilby, John Laken & Thomas Laynge
yomen. In asmyche as it is medfull & meritory to every trewe
Cristen man for to certifie the trouth in every mater, therfor we
certifie to yowe for trewth & recordie yat John Nelson, Thomas
Nelson, & Raufe Nelson ar Ynglyschmen, & born in town of
Osmonderley, & Cristient at ye same kyrk. In witnes wherof
we have setto our seales. Geven at Osmonderley, the viij"^ day

of ye moneth of Septembre, ye yere of our Lord m^cccciiij.xvij.

r James Clerk, godfader. f Thomas Corte, godfader.

John J William Evynwood, god- Th. ) JamesBalderstDii, godfader.
Nelson I fader. Nelson's Issabell Wellerby, god-

(^ Agnes Darley, godmoder. [_ moder.

rSir Raufle Siirtes, godfader.
Raufe J Robert Makyuson, god-
Nelson ] fader.

(^ Agnes Yngilby, godmoder.

[For/i- House Booh, viii. 27.]

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Unto all trew Cristen people this writtyng for to se, here, or J*oi-
reid, we, Henry Conyers of Westlatlies in Cleveland gentilman, Hamilton.
Ric' Buk bailiff of Sadbery in the Bischopprik of Durham, Ric'
Kelyngall of ye same, Thomas Philopp, William Makaregh,
John Philopp of Newshom upon Tese in the said Bishoppryk,
Raufe Philopp of Brignell in the counte of Richemond yoman,
sendith in grettyng in God everlastyng. For als mekill as it is
meretorie and medefull to wytnese trewth, and, in esspeciall, in
suche thyng as may safegard hym y* is born in England that
he shall not be suspect for a Skott, therfor by this oure lettre
testimoniall, we, all afore rehersed, certifie3 & recorde3
y* Ric' Hamylton, ye son of Andrewe Hamylton, was born
in Wycliff in Richmond shyre, and Ci'istend at ye said
Wicliff, and the parson of the said Wicliff & Ric' Buke
was his godfaders, and Agnes Vincent, wiffe unto Christofer
Vincent of Smeton, his godmoder ; wherfor we pray & be-
secheth all trew Cristen people, y* thei woll votesave, at our
request & prayer, beald, succour, & releffe the said Ric'
Hammylton, wher so ever he inhabitte3 or abide}, as a trewe
Euglischman born, as yei wold we did to thaym or thayre} in a
cause semeable, for, and the cause gretly required it, we mot
prefe it y* it is as is afore rehersed w* an honest felischip of
gentilmen & yomeu. In witnes lierof, unto this our lettre
testimoniall we have put our seaulx, at ye said Wicliff, ye
xviij^^ day of Junii, in ye yere of our Lord m'cccccj. — [^YorJc
House Bool; viii. 177.]

To all trew Cristen people the present wrytyng seyng, !"'><'•
redyng, or lieryng, beorge thabbot of the monastery of our Daw»on.
Lady of Alnewyk, S*" Rauf Gray of Chelvyngham w4n the
countie of Northumbr' knyght, S"" Ric' Browdon vycar of
Heddon & commyssary of ye sayd countie, S*" Robert Crofton
m' of the towne of Bamburght, S*" Ric' Davyson vycar of
Ellyngham, Nycholas Forster, John Forster, Bartilmaw Bradford,
John Hall constable of ye said town of Bamburght, Rauf Carre
of ye Newlande, Edmund Craucester constable of Dunstane-
burght, Harry Fenkyll, S: Thomas Feiikyll w'in the ."^aid

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countie, gentilmen, Harry Kendal, William Fenkyll, Edmund
Person, John Fenkyll, John Bell, John Shell & Thomas
Tranche, w*in the said countie, yomen, gretyng in our Lord
Gode everlastyng, unto whome it apperteigneth due &
humble recommendacion. Be it knowen to your universite3,
that where we be enformed y* oon Bartrame Dawson of the citie
of York, drapour, is senysterly defamed that he shulde be a
Scottysshman borne, wherby he is grevously hurt in his name
& goodes ; and forsomuche as meretory and medfull it is to
record & testyfie ye treuth on eny matter, duely required,
that for the concelement therof prejudice be not ingenered to
the innocent, we, therfore, testifie3 & recorde} y* the said
Bartrame Dawson was gotten & borne in the town of Warme-
den in the pariche of Bamburght, & Cristened w*in the
pariche churche of the same, havyng to his godfader5 Ric'
Craucester of the town of Craucester gent and Bartrame
Fenkyll of the town of Newham yoman lately deceassed, and to
his godmother Margaret Hudde of Shoston deceassed; wher-
fore we besech & desyre youe, & yche oon of youe, to admyt,
repute, & take the sayd Bartrame as a Ynglesman, not yevyng
credennce to suche defame & detraction in hurtynge the same
person in his good name & goodes, and, at this our recorde
emong youe, that he may be intreated accordyng as he ought to
be. And for the more recorde of treuth of this our present
testimoniall, we have, whos name} afore er reherced, setto our
scale}. Yeven, the v*'^ day of Octobre, in the xxii*^ yere of
our soveraigne lorde Kynge Hariy the vij*'^ after the conquest
of his reign.— [/%. Civ. Ehor. A. Y. 340a.]

ENOLISU MISCELLANIES. 53

V. THE PROGHAMMK FOR THE RECEPTION OF HENRY VII.
ON ills FIRST VISIT TO YORK IN 1480.

[House Book, City of York, vi. 15 etc.l

It is concludit by the Maier, his breder Aldermen, and
othre of the Common Counesell of the citie, that thei being
in gude hope to fynd the king more gracious soveraine lord
unto the forsaide citie, by the mediacon of the most reverend
fadre in Godd th'archbisshop of York, and othre lordes spirituall
and temporall of his moost noble Counsesaill, shewing theime
and all thinhabitantes y*of gretely gladdit and joyed of the
commyng of his moost riall persone, w* othre his nobles, unto
the saide citie, have ordeigned and prepared to receyve the
kinges' grace in forme folowing, that is to saie.

I. First, wher the two SheiifFes of the saide citie, for the tyme
being, w* xx horses, haith be accustumed to yeve y' attendance
of kinges herbefor resorting unto the citie at Tadcastre brige,
being thextremitie of y' fraunches, it is now concludid that, not
oonly the saide two Sheriffes, bot aswell two of the Aldermen,
accumpaned with xl horsses, shall y' wait on his grace.

n. Secundly where the Maire and Aldermen, cled in long
gownys of skarlet, and othre of the Couneseil, accumpanyd with
thinhabitantes of the citie, have be accustumed to wait of kinges
in lykmse commyng to the citie on horse bak, aboute two miles
fro the citie, thei be determined that the saide Maier and
Aldermen in like clothing of skarlet, the Common Couneseill
and Clerc in violet, Chambrelayns in mun-ay, and many of
thinhabitantes in rede, on horse bak, shall wait on the king at
Bilburgh crose, about v miles fro the citie, and othre thinhabi-
tauntes, which may not ride, or be of power to have rede gownes,
to yeve y' attendance on foote betwixt Driughowsis and the
citie, beside a certaine nowmbre of chyldrine as slialbe goddard
togeddre aboute Sanct James' chappell, calling joyfully, ' King
Heurie,' after the mancr of children.

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III. Thirdly, in the entre of the citie and first bar of the
same, shalbe craftely conceyvid a place in maner of a heven, of
grete joy and Anglicall armony ; under the heven shalbe a
world desolaite, full of treys and floures, in the which shall
spryng up a rioall, rich, rede rose, convaide by viace unto the
which rose shall appeyre an othre rich white rose, unto whome
so being to gedre all othre floures shall lowte and evidently
yeve sufirantie, shewing the rose to be principall of all floures,
as witnesh Barthilmew : and y'upon shall come fro a cloude a
crowne covering the roses, after the which shall appeir a citie
with citisyns, with the begynner of the same callid Ebrauk,
which shall salute the king w* wordes folowing in prose, and
y'upon present unto the king the keys of the citie, being
thenheritaunce of the saide Ebrauke, yelding his title and his
crowne unto the king as moost glad of hym above al othre.

Ebrauke.

Most reverend, rightwose regent of this rigalitie,

Whos primative patrone I peyre to your presence,

Ebraunk of Britane, I sitt nat this citie

For a place to my pleasour of moost prehemynence ;

Herunto I recoursid for moost convenience,

In comforthing that by cource of liniall succession.

Myne heires this my citie shuld have in possession.

Of right I was regent and rewlid this rigion,

I subdewid Fraunce, and led in my legence ;

To you, Henrie, I submitt my citie, key, and croune,

To reuyll and redresse, your dew to defence :

Never to this citie to presume ne pretence,

Bot holy I graunt it to your governaunce.

As a principall parcell of your inheritaunce.

Please it, I besuch you, for my remembrance,
Seth that I am premative of your progenie.
Shew your grace to this citie w* such aboundance,
As the reame may recover in to prosperitie.
And also of your grace gyve not your ee
Oonely to this, citie of insufficience,
Bot graciously consider y'with and diligence.

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It is knawne in trueth of grete experience

For your blodo this citie made never degression,

As recordith by the grete hurt for blode of your excellence ;

Wherfor the rathre I pi-ay for compassion.

And to mynd how this citie of old and pure affcccion

Gladdith and injoith your high grace and conmiyng,

W* our concent, knowing you y' sufferaine and king.

IIII. Fourtly, the king, commyng up the stretes, shall se
the same furnishede w* clothis of the best which may be gottyn
w4u the citie for the honourment of the same, and at his
entrie unto Use brigge, in the end of the streetes of Skeldergate
and Northstrete, becauce no gappes shall appeir, shall y' be
clothes hangid, and a convenient thing divisid wherby, if the
weder be fair, of the lordes before and othre ne before the king
schall rayne rose water.

V. Fiftly, shalbe on the higlit of Ouse brigge a rioall troyne,
and y'iu sodanely appering, set togidder in counsaill, sex kinges
crouned, betokining the sex Henries, which, after the sight had of
the king, with certaine convenient laisour, avisidly shall comniyt
a ceptour unto Salamon, cledd as king, which Salamou shall
y'upon, taking that ceptour, and saying the wordes folowiug
unto the king in prose, yelde unto him the saide ceptour
in tokiuiug that in hym is wisdome and justice.

Salomon.
Most prudent prince of pruved prevision,
Tlieiz premordiall princes of this principalitio
liaith preparate your reamc, the vijti» by succession,
Remitting reame als right to your rialtie.
Theiz ar kinges condigne of your consanguinitie,
Ful riall and rightwose in rewle of y' regencc.
And ful lordly thai execute the lawes of y' legcnce.

Seth that God moost glorius, etemall sapience

Did insence me, Salomon, of his effluent gi-ace,

Wherfurc I am takin, as patrone of prudence,

To discuse up in conscience ich judiciall cace.

Revolving liow with sapience ye have spent your space,

To the tyme of this your mistcriusly

()))tcyiiing as iiKtDst worlhi yoiii- iiL,'lit not ri'gosly.

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Now reane ye, reule ye your reame rightwosly,

By politike providence, as God haith indewid.

To you sufFeraunce in sapience submitting me umbly

Your sage favour sothfastnese haith so be shewid

In ich judiciall right this reame to be renewid.

Ye be avisid most worthi by graciouse affluence.

Submitting to your sufferaunt my septour of sapience.

VI. Sextly, shal appere in thend of a strete joining on the
syde of Ousegate passing into Conyngstrete, shalbe a shew, and
fro the same shall come hailestones to be maid by viace falling
on the lordes and othre commyng ne before the king, hailestones
to be made by craftes of cumfettes.

VII. Sevently, shalbe at the Common Hall a castell appeir-
ing of grete force, wherin David, as the moost principall, shall
appeir, and he shall w* wordes folowing yeld unto the king a
sword of his victorie : y' shalbe in that castell citizins, which,
after a sight of the king and remembrance of hyme, w* gude
countenaunce shall appeir in clothing of white and gi*eyne,
shewing y' trueth and hertly affeccion unto the kinge.

David.

Most prepotent prince of power imperial!,
Redowtid in ich region of Criste's affiance,
Your actes victorious be notid principall,
In maner more noble then Charlis of Fraunce,
Seth God so disposith of His preordinaunce.
And right so yeve me might to devyne goodly,
I, David, submitt to you my swerd of victorie.

When I reynid in Judie, I know and testify

That Ebraunce the noble which subdewid Fraunce,

In memorie of his triumph this citie did edify,

That the name of his noble shuld have continuance ;

I witnesh that this citie, without variaunce.

Was never deflorid be force ne violence,

Wherfore I have chosyn it for my place to your presence.

Submitting it w* thafForce and trueth to your excellence,
Besccliing your highnese ye more for myne instance

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To this your inheritance tak gracious complacence,
Set yat it is your citie not filid w' dissavaunce,
Trew and bold to your blode, not dreding perturbance,
Which causid moost this citie to be desolate,
New reviving in comforth to attaine your asstate.

VIII. Eghtly, shalbe at thend of Swynegale joiniug of
Staynegate our Lady, commyng frome hevin, and welcome the
king in wordes folowing, aud y'upon ascend ayane in to heven
wit angell sang, and y' schall it snaw by craft to be made of
waffrons in maner of snaw.

OuRE Lady.

Henrie, seth my Sone, as thiSufferayne haith the sembly assynyd

Of Ilis grace to be governer for His people protection,

Full specially that thine heiez of petie be declinid,

I pray the seth thi people haith me mich in affeccion,

My Son and my Soveraine in whome is eleccion,

Singulerly this citie haith honoured humbely,

And maide me y' meane w*outin objeccion,

In hope of y' help to have it holy.

What I ask of His grete grace He grantith it gudcly

As a beame of all beutes benyngne,
The His knyght He haith callid victoriously
To convoce and concord His contrie condigne.
I pray in this space
For this citie a place of my pleasing,
And have you no drede nor no dowting,
Contiuuall heir in this reynyng,

I shall sew to my Sone,
To send you His grace.

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VI. CUSTOMS AND LIBERTIES OF THE BURGESSES OF NEW
MALTON. 8JEC. XV,]

\_Fi'om the Original Roll.']

Thies er tlie custumes and liberies, the qwliyche was concest
and graunted to the Burgese of New Mallton at the fyrst fun-
dacyon of the sayd Malton be the Lorde of y*^ same, and in all
tymys hydyrward hath ben usyd.

Fyrst it was graunted to the for sayd Burgeses a wast of
ather syde of the town of New Malton, y* the Burgeses and thare
successors schall in the sayd wastys gett stone, and fro thens
stone and erd take and cary to the edyficacion and beyldyng
w*in y® sayd town, when som ever y'** wyll, and als ofte as thay
wyll, w* owtyn impedyment of any man. And thay schall haffe
iiij portes, that is to say iiij 3attes, and y^ walles of ye sayd
Burgage undyr . . . awn kepyng w* fre entre and goyng oute
w4n the sayd walles of y^ Burgage, w* all y® proffettes of y°
sayd walles, to the mendyng of y® sayd walles, and also of y^
sayd 3attes. And the sayd Burgese ever more hatha usyd for
to pastur' and to fede y*" bestes in y® fore sayd wastes.

Also it was grauntyd y^ fore sayd Burgese common pastur'
to all y'' bestes in y'^ feyldes and in y® more, fer and ner, and in
all othyr places, excepptt severall of y® lorde, w* fre entre and
goyng owte to y® mor' by a large way, the qwhyche is called y"
owtegang, w*owtyn any styntyng; and y'' pastur' and y®
owtegang war graunted and gyffen to y*^ fore sayd Burgese of y®
lordi's lande of y® fore sayd Burgage.

Also it was graunted and usyd y* y^ Burgese afore sayd
schulde haffe y'" fre cowrtt for to be haldyn w* in y® Burgage a
fore sayd ; and thay schall haffe two BallyfFes and two undyr
Ballyffes, j Burgese clerke resydentt and bydyng w* in y^ sayd
Burgage, for to hold the fore sayd cowrtt of ther own fre will . . .
be xij sworne Burgese be thar fayth y* thay made to the lorde
and to y® commonte of y® sayd Burgage. And y* noo othyr
Balyffe schal make no tachement nor somond w* in y*^ fore sayd

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Burgage w' owte y° Balyffe of y* Burgage y* is svvorne. And
y* no distrcyn y* is made w* in y*^ sayd Burgage scliall be
remevyd w* owten y'' libertye of y* sayd Burgage.

Also [it] is grauntyd and usyd y*^ y^ fore sayd Burgese scliall
make bott ij suttes by y® 3er' to y® sayd cowrtt, that is to say,
at y" grete cowrtt next eftyr y® fest of Sayntt Myghell, and at
y"' grett cowrtt next eftyr Sayntt Hyllare day, exceppyd tbay
haffe prisoners for to delyver, or jugement of any playntt for to
be gyffen. And yai schall liafFe y' viij days of somondes ; and
at all y*^ fore sayd cowrtes may y^ Burgese assoyn yame ons or
twyse, and ijffe yai make a defawte and apper efter ye seconde
assoyn yai schall be amersyd iiij d., and no more.

Also it is usyd y^ noo man y* haldes of thame schall haffe
noo cowrte bot alonly y'' Burgese cowrte, and also y' schal noo
cowrtt be halden w* in y® liberte of y* Burgage bot y'^ §ayd
cowrte of ye Burgage.

Also it is grauntyd and usyd y* no Burgese, nor noo odyr
man that dwellys w* in y** Burgage, schall sew one a nodyr bot
alonely in y° cowrtte of y'' Burgage ; and iffe any Burgese of y'^
sayd Burgage be sewed be any man of y^ centre, or any neghbur
of y'^ sayd Burgage, the sayd Burgese schall haffe hys viij days
respett ; and iffe so be y* and he come in to y® cowrte y'' fyrst
day after he be atachyd, and aske viij days fro y* day and also
he schall haffe hys delays, that is to say twa assoynys after every
apperyng ; and that als well y^ playntyffe as y*' defender in all
mauer of playnttes als well of dett as of trespas, and also in pley
of lande and als wele wagyd os be fore.

And iffe so be y* and a Burgese of y^ sayd Burgage sew hys
neghbur of y® same town, no Burgese or any man of y''
contr . . . e schall haffe cowrte fro day to day w* hys delays,
y' is to say two assoynis, als wele ye playnttyffe as the defender.

And iffe so be y* he apper not after y'' seconde assoyn, than
schall y*^ foresayd soyn be turned in to defawte, and he schall bo
amercyd be y*' aferyng of xij men.

Also it is usyd y* yffe any man that dwellys w* in y* sayd
Burgage, als wele a foraner as Burges, be sommonyd or
atachyd to any cowrte w^ owte ye Burgage, or to the wapyn-
<!ik, Ihe Balylll's or Subbalyllos of y'' said Durgage, or any

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mynister of ye Lorde's haffyng lett' patant of the lorde, come
to thame y* hold y® sayd cowrtt or wapyntake the fyrst day of
somondes or atachement, and aske y® prevalege of y** Burgage,
he y* holdes y® cowrte or wapyntake schall graunte it, so y* y^
ryght jugement be done to every man.

Also it is graunted and usyd that y*^ jugement of all maner
of playnttes and consideraconys in ye sayd Burgag cowrte
schall be gyffen and jugyd be y® sutterys of y^ sayd cowrte,
and all mercyamentes fered, exceppyd alonely the amercya-
mentes of y^ comon backster and assyse of brede, and of alle
odyr transgrescyons y* towchys the lorde's persons.

Also it is grauntyd y* alle Burgese of y® sayd Burgage schall
be fre of all maner of toll of y® lord in all maner of
merchauntyse, bot iffe yai be assocyat w* any foroner or
stranger, and than the foroner and the stranger schall gyffe
toll als wele for ye Burgese as for hym selfe, exceppyd common
bucherys, ' the qwyche gyffes toll dayly of old custom, and
exceppyd Burgese y* sellys heryng in Lentyn, y® qwhyche
schall gyffe for sellyng of m^ heryng j d., or ellys for sellyng of
ye same thay schall gyffe to y® skattegyld iiij d.

Also it is grauntyd to thame a fre prison for all maner
of evyll doers that er takyn w* in y® Burgage, that in y^ sayd
cowrte, by y® commonte of the sutterys, thay may juge the
sayd prisoners or mysdoers and delyver thame. And y® sayd
Burgese schall w* in y® Burgage ordan a pelory and a thew,
lawfull and Strang.

Also it is usyd y*^* y^ Burgese of y® sayd Burgage schall
answere be fore the justyse of pease in all sessyons and inqwyres
w* xij chosyn of the same ; and also before the scheryffe in hys
Turne holdyn w* in y® liberte of y® Burgag, and in no nodyr
place ; and that y® sayd Burgese schall make y^' a panyll of y^
sayd xij, and y* panyll schall be presentyd and delyvered
be fore y® Justicie or y*' Scheryffe by y^ Balyffe, or Subballyffe of
y" same Burgag.

Also it is grauntyd to y*^ sayd Burgese a liberte for to
grynde y'" come and y*' maltt at the mylne of y® lord, that
is to say, when j qwharter wheytt is said for iiij s., than schall
y'' corne be multyrd at y° xvj vessell ; and qwhen j qwharter

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qwhoytt is sold for iiij s. vj cl. and mor to it come to vj s., yan y""
corn schall be nmltoryd at y° xx vessell ; and qwhen j qwharter
qwhoytt is sold for vj s., than y*" corn schall be multeryd at y°
xxiiij vesell.

And yai schall haffe in y° sayd mylnes two mylners and
j page chosyn by y" assent of ye comnionte of ye Burgage, the
qwhyche mylners schall be sworn in y® cowrtt at two tymes in
y« yere, that is to say, at y° two hede cowrttes to y*^ comraonte
off the Burgage, and non of the mylners schall take no maner
of thyng of thame y* grynd y"" corn for y"" labor, bott alonly
of hym y* is y*^ chefe mylner.

Also y*^ sayd Burgese schall grynd iiij qwhartars maltt
for j d., and it be broght to the mylne all to gedyr and at
o tynie ; and 3he haffe bott j quarter at o tyme, thay schall
gyfie for y® sayd quarter gryndyng a farthyng.

Also it is used that all maner of mesurys of y*' mylne that
yai take multyr w* schall (be) proved in y^ sayd cowrte of
the Burgage by y^ Balyffes two tymes in y® 3here, and y*" schal
no mylner be remevyd fro y® sayd mylnes w* owtyn y'' assent of
y*^ commonte of y® Burgage, nor y*" schall no mylner be putt into
y*' sayd mylne w* outyn ye assent of y® commonte, nor mynyst' in
y'^ sayd mylnes be fore y* he be sworn to be trew to j°
commonte.

Also it was grauntyd and usyd y* all ye Burgese of y*^ sayd
Burgage, and all y* dwels w^ in it, may grynde y"" corn and
y*" maltt y* yay by in y^ centre, or in y® markytt, qwher
some ever yay wyll, w* owtyn any impediment so y* y° corne
or maltt com never w4n y"" howses.

Also the sayd Burgese schall haffe y** standard, that is to say
the buschell, halff a buschell and j qwartir of j buschell, and
j galon, j potell and j qwarte, j 3erde wande, and weghttes w*
j pare of balanys, the qwhyche mesures schuld agre w* the
kynge's standard, and be merkyd w* y*^ merke that is ordande
y*" fore ; and all maner of mesurys y* er focdon w4n y*^ sayd
Burgage, als wele in y*^ mylne as in any odyr place, schall be
schewed and prevyd be fore y" Balyffes and y^ commonte of
y" Burgage, and be merkyd w' ye merke afore sayd ; and y*'
standard be fore sayd scliall ho selled w* y" common seall, and y*^

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merke schall be kepyd undyr y^ seallys off iiij Burgese chosyn
for the same intent.

Also it is grauntyd that al maner of bakars and buchers
schall be sworn two tymes in ye yere to y^ commonte of y^
Burgage, that is to say at y^ two grete cowrttes, y* yay haffe
done trewly in y'" ocupacyon and schall do trewly ; and if so be
the buchers wyll not doo so, thay schall be amersyd at y^ sayd
cowrtt ; and the bakars schall be amersyd als ofte as yai fayll ;
and also ye sayd bakars schall haffe holle brede aftyr y®
ordenance of y^ Ballyffes ; and also y* no bakar y* bakys
qwhytte brede schall bake brown brede for to sell, nor he y*
bakys brown brede schall bake no qwhyte brede.

Also it is usyd and grauntyd that every Burgese of ye sayd
Burgage may lawfully sell y'" maltt and y*' ale y* commys owte
of y*" games w* owtyn any interrupcyon of ye Lord or of
y® Ballyffes, and yai may sell y"" ale w* in y*" awn howses of
qwhat pryce som ever thay wyll, and yat, als wele of ye malt
y* thay by, as of y* that yay hafe in y'" games, every tyme in ye 3ere.

Also it is grauntyd and usyd y* all men y* dwellys w*in yis
sayd Burgage may sell bred and ale of all maner of pryce y*
yay wyll in the fest of Sanct Myghell and in y^ feste of y^
Byrthe of oure Lorde, un to the next cowrtte aftyr y® sayd fest,
w* owtyn any interupcion of ye lord or of the Bally fes.

Also it is grauntyd and usyd that every common brewer y*
wyll sell ale w* owtyn y*" howses, y* thay schall mak y*" fyne
i tyme in y® 3ere w' y® Ballyffes of y® Burgage, that is to say at
Y^ fest of y*^ Puryfycacyon of oure Lady, for all y® 3ere : and thay
schall pay halfe y"" fyne att y'' fest of Saynt Petyr callyd y® Ad
Vincula ; and y^ todyr halfe at ye fest of y® Puryfycacyon of
owr Lady in y® 3ere next folowyng, excepyd the brewers y* holdys
of y® knyghty's fee : and y^ brewers y* holdes of y^ Prior of Malton,
the qwhyche makes noo fyne nor gyffes no thyng to y'' Lorde.

Also it is usyd y* the sayd Burgese schall chese in y'"
oowrte two ale tastars, y'' qwhyche two tastars w* j subballyffe
schall taste the ale of all common brewers every weke ; and yai
fynde any ale not sufficiant for j peny a galon, than y°
sayd tasturs schall sett it at iij farthynges j galon ; and iff so
be y® brewers wyll sell it abown y* price, thay schall be amersyd,
and y*' ale schall be forfeit: and y* sail be als wele of y^

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brewers that liokl of y*' Prior of ^falton, and of y*^ Knyghte's fee,
as of othyr brewers of y" sayd Burgage.

Also it is usyd and graunted y* every Burgese schall gyff to
y" Lord one tyme in y*^ 3ere a farme for hys tenement, the qwhyche
is called the gafl'elege, that is to say, for every tenement y' hath
j dore j d. And yf so be it be lattyne in farme to y* cowrte
of y® burgage aftyr y* fest of Seyntt Myghell : and for every
howse y* is lattyn to farme that bathe two doores ij d. in ye 3ere
to y'^ sayd cowrte ; and for every tofte y* is nott beldyd j d. by y*^
3ere, exceppyd yay be tenementes of y® Knyghte's fee, or of y**
I'rior of Malton, y° qwhyche gyffes no thyng to ye Lorde. And
if so be a Burgese appropyr many tenementes lyyng all to
gedyr, and hold yam to hys propyr use, he schall gyfFe butt
j gaffelege to y** Lorde, as it war for j tenement.

Also yffe so be y* any Burgese hafFe dyverse tenementes to
hys awn use in dyverse places, or yf he make of j tenement
dyverse tenementes w* dyverse tenandes dwellyng in thame, he
schall gyffe hale gaffelege, and it is lefull to every Burgese to
sell hys tenementes, or to gyffe yame, or to wyll yame in hys
testament w* owtyu impedyment of the Lorde or of y® Balyffes,
and the Lorde of y® fee schall not haffe, nor never hade, y^ warde
of y*' herytage of any Burgese of y^ sayd Burgage, nor he schall
never clame no thyng of y^ herydance, bott alonly hys faythe
for hys tenementes or hys lande aftyr y® decesse of hys pre-
decessors.

Also it is ordanyd y* no groser of fysche awe to cutt hys
awn fysche be hym selffe, nor be a nodyr man, bott yffe y"^ sayd
fysche be boght w* odyr men ; and yff he doo he schall be
amersyd and the fysche sail be forfett.

Also it is ordanyd that no schomakar that makes schone
schall nott ocupy nor use the tannar** crafte, nor a tannar schall
not use nor ocupy schomakar crafte.

Al thyes lyberteis and customes [above] wrytyn, w* many
othyr moo liberteis, the qwj'che un to the lib . . . Burgage
pertenys, the fore sayd Burgeses claymes for to hafe . . . and
y"" antecessors liberally hafe usyd be fore tyme, [the qwhyche
ty]me is w^ owtyn man's membraunce or mynde, the qwhyche
... in y® clayme of y^ sayd Burgeses and also in tyme . . .
to be claymed.

64 ENGLISH MISCELLANIES.

VII. THE SONNGE OF SIR ANDRAYE BARTON, KNIGHT.'

[From an Early Transcript in Yo7-k Minster Library.]

It fell against a Midsomer moneth,

When birds soonge well in every tree,
Our worthe prence, Kinge Henrye,

He roode untoe a clielvellrye,
And allsoe toe a forrest soe faire,

Wber his grace wente toe tak the ayre ;
And twentye marchantes of London citie

Then on there knees they kneelled there.

II.

' Yea are welcome home, my rich merchantes,

' The best salers in Christentie ! '
' We thanke yowe by the Rood, we are salers good,

' But rich merchantes we can not be ;
' To France nor Flanders we der not goe,

' Nor a Burgesse^ voy(a)ge we der not farre,^
' For a robber that lyes abrod on the sea,

' And robs us of oure merchante's waire.'

^Tlie MS. of this well-known and most popular North-country ballad
recently came into the possession of the Dean and Chapter of York, with
a number of papers which belonged in the seventeenth century to the episcopal
families of Lamplugh and Davenant. It is written in a sixteenth century
hand, and is the best known version of the famous old ballad, in which it
makes many improvements and changes. It has at one time formed part
of a ballad book in small 4to., this song being numbered 25. At the end
of it is part of No. 26, beginning, ' As I forth walkeeth aireley among the
groves and pleasant springes in the merie moneth of Maye.'

^ An old form of Bordeaux. ^ Lryc fare.

ENGLISH MTSCKLLANIES. G5

III.

King Ileniy was stout, and tiirnd liime about,
He sware by the Lord that was mickell of might,

* Is ther any rober in the world soe stoute

' Der worke toe England that unrighte ?
The merchantes answered, soore they sight,
With a woefull harte, to the kinge againe,

* He is one that robes us of our right,

' Were we twentie shippes and he but one.' '

IV.

King Henrye lookte over his shoulder agayne

Amongst his lordes of hye degree :
' Have I not a lord in all my land soe stoute,

' Der take yon robber upon the sea ? '
' Yes,' then did answeer my Lord Charls Howwarde,

Neare the kinge's grace that he did stande ;
He saide, ' If your grace will give me leave,
My selfe will be the onlie man

V.

' Tliat will goe beat Sir Andrewe Barton,

' Upon the seas, if he be there,
' He ether bringe hime and his shippe toe this lande,

' Ore He come in England never more.'^
' Yow shall have five hundrethe men,' saide Kinge Henrye,

' Chuse them within my realme soe free
' Beside all other merriners and blause,^ (sic)

' Toe give the the great shippe on the sea.'

VI.

The first of all the Lord up cald,

A noble gunner he was one.
This man was thre score yeares and ten,

And Petter Symond height his name.

' Leffe ane. ' Lege mare, i.e. more. ^ This should be ' boys.'

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' Petter,' qnoetli ho, ' I must saill the sea,
' Toe looke' an enemye, God be my speede,

' As thowe arte ould, I have chossen the,
' Of a hundreth gunners to be the headde,'

VII.

He said, ' If your Honor have chossen me

' Of a hundreth gunners to be the headd,
' On your mayn mast tre let me be hangd,

' If I miss thre mille a pennye breed. '"^
Then next of all my Lord up cald

A noble boweman he was ane,
In Yorkeshier was this gentleman borne.

And William Horsley height ^ his nauie.

VIII.

' Horsley,' saide he, ' I must saill the sea,

' Toe meete an enemee, thow must knowe,'*
' I have oft told of thy artillorye,

' But of thy shootinge I never sawe :
Yet fore tliye drawght that thowe dost drawe,

' Of a hundreth bowemen to be the heade,'
Said Horsley then ' Let me be hange

' If I mis twelve score a twelt penc breed,'

IX.

Yea pickmen more, and bowmen both,

This worthe Howward tooke to the sea,
On the morowe after Midsomer moneth.

Out of Temes mouth sailled he :
Hee had not sailled one dale but three.

After his Honor tooke to the sea,
Vhen he mette with one Harrie Huntte,

In Newcastell ther dwelte hee.

To look for. ~ Breed, i.e. breadth.

Was interlined, ^Knowe, lege knawe.

ENCLISII MlSCKl.LANIKS. 67

X.

When he sawe the Lion of England out blaisse,

The sterne and the roose about his eye,
Full soonne he let his toppe-saill fall,

That was a tooken of curtissie.
Me Lord he cald of Henry Huntte,

Bad Harry Hunt both stay and stande ;
Saies ' Tell me where thy dwellinge is,

' And whoine unto thye shippe belonnges ? '

XI.

Henrye Hunt he answered, sore he sight,

"With a woefull hart and a sorrowefull minde,

' I and this shippe doth both belonge

' Unto the Newe Castell that stands upon l^ne.'

' But haist thowe harde,' said my Lord Charles Hawvvard,
' Wher thowe haist travelled by daie or by night,

* Of a robber that lies abroode on the sea,

' They call him Sir Andrewe Barton knight ? '

XII.

' Yes,' Harye answered, sore he sight.

With a woefull hart thus did he saye.
' Mar(r)y, overvvell I knowe that weight,

' I was his pressoner yesterdaie ;

* Toe frome ' home, my Lord, that I was boune,^

' A Burgess voyage was boune so faire,
' Sir Andrewe Barton met with me,

' And robd me of mye merchante's waire.

XIII.

' And I ame a man in mickle debte,

' And everye one craves his owne of mee ;
' And I am boune to London, my Lorde,

' Fore toe comepleanne to good King Henrye.'

' Tofrom, formed like tofore, &c.

• A Northern word, still in common use.

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68 ENGLISH MTSOELLANIES.

' But even I pray tlie,' saies Lord Cliarlles Howeerd,

' Henrye, let me that robber see,
' Where that Scoott hath teyne frome the a grootte,

' I'le paye the backe a shillinge,' said hee.

XIV.

' Nay, God forbid ; yea, noble Lord,

' I heare your Honor speake amisse ;
' Christ keepe yowe out of his companye,

' Ye wott not what kine a man he is ;
' He is brase within and steelle without,

' He beares beames in his topcastle hye,
' He hath threscoree peece on ether side,

' Besides, my Lorde, well mande is he.

XV.

' He hath a pennis is dearelye deighte,

' She is dearelye deighte, and of mickell pried,
' His pennis hath ninescorre men and more,

' And thirtene peece on ethere sidde.
' Were yare ^ twentie shippes, my Lorde,

' As your Honor is but one,
' Ethere bye lerbord or by lowe

' That Scootte would overcome yowe, every e one.'

XVI,

' Mar(r)ye,that's ill hartinge,'^ saies my Lord Charlls Howe ward,

' Harye, to welcome a stranger to the sea,
' I'le ether bringe thatte Scootte and his shippe toe England,

' Or into Scootteland hee carrye me.'
' Well, since the matter is soe flatte,

' Take heed, He tell yowe this before
' If yowe and Sir Andrewe chance toe borde,

' Let noe man toe his topcastle goe,

^ i.e. if you had.
"^ i.e. dif!Pour;iginn:,

an old phrase.

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XVII.

Excepte yowe have a guuner goode,

' That can well luarke with his eye ;
' First seeke to gette his pennis sunk,

' The soonner overcome his selfe may bee.
' Yesterdaie I was Sir Andrewe's pressonner,

' And ther he tooke me sworue,' saide hee,
' Before He leave off my serving (?) God,

' My wild maide oeth may brooken be.

XVIII.

'Will yowe lend me sexe peece ofordenance, my Lord,

' To carye into my shippe with mee ?
' Toe morrowe by seven a clocke, and souner,

' In the morne yowe shall Sir Andrewe see ;
' Fore I will set yowe a glasse, my Lord,

' That yowe shall saille forth all this night,
' Toe morrowe be seven a clocke and souner,

' Yows se Sir Andrewe Barton, knight.'

XIX.

Nowe will we leave talkinge of Harry Hunt ;

The worthye Howwarde tooke to the sea ;
By the morne, by seven a clocke and souner,

My Lord hee did Sir Andrewe see,
A larborde wher Sir Andrewe laye ;

They saide he tould his gold in the light.
' Nowe by my faith,' saide my Lord Charlies Huwwurde,

' I se yonne Scootte, a worthe weight.'

XX.

' All our gi'eatt ordienance weell take in,

' Fetche downe my streemers,' then saide hee,
' And hange me forth a white willowe wande,

' As a marchante man that sailles by the sea.'
By Sir Andrewe then mye Lord he past,

And noe topsaille let fall would hee.
' What meanes yonne English dogg ? ' he saies,

' Dogs doe kuowe noe curtissie.

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XXI.
' For I have staid heare in this place

' Admiral! more then yeares three ;
' Yet was not ther Englisheman or Portingaill,

' Could passe by me with his liffe,' saide he.
' Once I met with the Porting-aills,

' Yea I met with them, ye I indeed,

* I salted thirtie of ther heades,'

' And sent them home to eate with breade.

XXII.

' Nowe by me is yoen pedler past,
' It greves me at the hart,' said hee.

* Fetch me yoen English dogs,' he saide,

' He hange them al on my mayn mast tree.'
Then his pennis shotte of a peec of ordenance.

The shootte my Lord might verye well ken.
Fore he shootte downe his missonne mast.

And kild xv*'^ of my Lorde's men.

XXIII.

' Come hether, Peter Simond,' said my Lord Charles Howward,

' Letes se the word standis in steede ;
' On my mayn mast tre thowe must be hunge

' If thowe misse three mill a penney breed.'
Petter was ould, his hart was bould,

He tooke a peece frome hie and laid hir beloue,
He put in a chean of yeards ninee.

Besides all other greate shoote and smalle.

XXIV.

And as he maide that gune to goe.

And verye well he marke with his eie.
The first sight that Sir Andrewe sawee.

He sawe his penis sunke in the sea.

' In the edition of Bishop Percy's folio MS. a quotation is given from
Bishop Lesley's ' Historie of Scotland,' in which it is said ' Audro Bartone
did tali niony shipps of that countrey (Holland) and fillit certane pipis Avith
the heidis of the Holandaris, and send unto the king in Scotland.' This
is not mentioned in any other version of this ballad.

ENGLISH MISCELLANIES. 71

Wlien Sir Andrewe sawe his pennis sunke,

That man in his hart was no thinge well,
' Cut me my cabells, let me be lousse,

* He fetch yoen English dogges me seine.'

XXV.

When my Lord sawe Sir Andrewe from his anker loouse,

Nay, Lord, a mighty man was hee.
' Let my dmmes strike up, and my trumpetes sound,

' And blaise my banners vailliantlie.'
Peter Simon's sonne shoote of a gune,

That Sir Andrewe might very well ken,
Fore he shoott throughe his over decke.

And kild hfttie of Sir Andrewe's men.

XXVI.

' Ever alack ! ' said Sir Andrewe Barton,
' I like not of this geare,' saide hee ;

* I doubt this is some English Lorde

' Thats comed to taik me on the sea.'
Harrye Hunt came in on the other sidde,

The shoote Sir Andrewe might very well ken,
Fore he shoote downe his misson mast.

And kild other forty e of his men.

XX VII.

' Ever alacke ! ' said Sir Andrewe Barton,

' AVhat maye a trewe man thinke or saye ?
' lie is becomed my greatest enymye,

' That was my pressonner yesterdaie,
' Yet feare no English dogges,' said Sir Andrew Barton,

' Nor fore ther forse stand yea no awe,
' My hands shall hange them all my selfe,

' Froe once I let my beames downe fawe.

XXVIII.

' Come hether, drinke, thou Girdon goode,
' And come thou hether at my call.

* Fore heare I may noe longer stayo ;

'Coe up and let my beames down fall.'

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Then he swarmd up the maine mast tree,
With mickell might and all his maine,

Then Hoi'sley with a broode headed arrowe,
Stroke then Girdon throughe the weame.

XXIX.

And he fell backe to the hatches againe.

And in that wound full sore did bleed,
The bloode that ran soe fast from hime,

They said it was, ' the Girdon's deed ! '
' Come hether, thow James Hamelton,

' Thowe my sister's sonne, I have noe more.^
' He give the five hundreth pound,' he saide,

' Ife thowe wilt toe the topsaille goee.'

XXX.

Then he swarmd up the mayn mast tree

With mickell might and all his mayne.
Then Horsley with a broode arrowe head,

Tooke hime in at the buttuke of the utuer beame ;
Yet frome the tre he would not parte.

But up in haist he did pressed,
Then Horsley with anothere arrrowe,

Strooke then Hamelton throughe the heade.

XXXI.

When Sir Andrewe sawe his sister's sonne slayne.

That man in his harte was nothinge well.
' Fight, maisters ! ' said Sir Andrewe Barton,

* Its time, He to the top myselne.'
Then he put on the armere of prooffe.

And it was guilt with gold full cleare.
' My brother John of Barton,' he saide

' Full longe against Portingaill they weare.'

' Ttead moe.

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XXXII.
When he had on that armore of proofFe,

Yea on his bodye he had that on,
Marry, they that sawe Sir Andrewe Barton

Said arrowes nor guns he feared none.
Yet Horsley drewe a broode headed arrowe,

With mickell might and all his mayue,
That shaft against Sir Audrewe's brest,

Came back to my Lord Howvvarde's shippe agayne.

XXXIII.

When my Lord he sawe that arrowe comme,

My Lord he was a woefull weight ;
' Marke well thine ame, Horsley,' he saide,

' Fore that same shoote He make the knight.'
' Ever alacke ! ' said Horsley then,

' For howe soe ever this geare doth goee ;
' If I for my service louse my heade.

' I have in this shippe but arrowe towe.'

XXXIV.

Yet he ma(r)kt hime with the one of them,

In a previe place and a secrete pert,
He shoote hime in at the left oxtere,

The arrowe quiett throughe harte.
* Feight, Maisters ! ' said Sir Andrewe Barton,

' I'se a lettle hurt, but I ame not slayne,
' He lie me downe and bleede a whill,

' He risse and feight with yowe agayne.

XXXV.

' Yet feare noe English dogges,' said Sir Andrewe Barton,

' Nore fore there force stand ye noe awe ;
' Sticke stifeley to Sir Andrewe Barton,

' Feight till ye heare my whisstill blowe.' '
The(y) could noe skill of the whisstill heare ;

Quoeth Hary Hunt, ' I der lay my heade,
' My Lord yowe maye take the shippe when yowe will,

' I se Sir Andrewe Barton deade.'
' Lc'fje blawe.

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XXXVI.

And then they horded that noble shippe,

On both the sides with all ther men ;
Ther was eighten Scootes a live,

Besides all other was hnrte and slayne.
Then up nay Lord tooke Sir Andrewe Barton,

And of he cutt the dead man's head,
' I would forsweare England for xx*^^ years,

' Toe have the quicke as thowe art deade.'

XXXVII.

But of he cut the dead man's heade.

And bounde his bodye toe borden tre,
And tiede 5 hundreth angles about his midle,

That was toe cause hime buried toe bee.
Then they sailled toe Ingland agayne,

With mickle merienes, as I weane,
They entred Englishe land agayn

On the night before S*^ Maudlen even.

XXXVIII.

Toe might' my Lord came the kinge an quen.

And many nobles of hie degree.
They came fore noe kind of thinge,

But Sir Andrewe Barton they would see.
Quoth my Lord, ' Yowe may thanke Albnighty God,

' And foure men in the shippe with mee,
That ever we scaipt Sir Andrewe hands,

' England had never such an enniemie ;

XXXIX.

' Thats Henry e Hunt and Petter Symon,
' William Horsley and Petter Symon sonue,

' Reward all thoesse fore there paynes,
' They did good service att that time.'

' i.e. to meet.

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75

' Henry Hunt shull have his whistle and chean,
' An noble a dale He give him,' quoeth hee,

' And his coustome betwexte Trent tid and Tyne,
' Soe longe as he doth use the sea.

XL.

' Petter Symon shall have a crowne a dale,

' Halfe a crowne He give his sonne,
' Tliat was fore a shoott he sente

' Sir Andrew Barton with his gunee.
' Horsley, right He make the a knight,

' In Yorkshiere shall thy dwellinge be ;
' My Lord Charlies Howwarde shall be an earle,

' And soe was never How ward before,' quoth he.

' Everj^e Englishe man shall have eightten pens a daie
' That did mainetayne his feight soe free,

' And everye Scotchman a shilliuge a daie,

' Till they come atte my brother Jamie, Jamiee.'

AN ATTEMPT AT A GLOSSARY OF THE NORTHERN
WORDS IN THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE SURTEES
SOCIETY, WITH ADDITIONS FROM OTHER NOR-
THERN SOURCES.

A. (1, num. = One, ae (Jamieson);
now often ijd in Yorkshire. Cleiw-
laiid Oluss.

Siec. XV. i'.S. iii. 2. ' Even & morne maule is
tliis a day, so was the tothere.'

1420. S.S. Ixxxv. 16, york. 'Betwix a tene-
ment of Sir John of Lan^ton . . of the a
party, & a tenement of WUliani Selby . . of
the other partye.'

Sac. xvi. (V). ITte Clereland Lyketcake Dirge :
' Tliis a niglite, this a nighte

Every nighte and alle.
Fire and Fleet, & Candle-light
And Christ receive thy suule.'
S(ce. xvii. (?). Old yorthumberUind rhyine:
' Twee«l says to Till, " What gars ve rin sae

stiU ? "
Till savs to Tweed, "What gars ye rin wi'
speed" ?
Though ye rin wi' speed, & I rin sla,
Where ye drooii a man, I droon twa."'
A. ft, pron. etc. i. = He ; Craven
Gloss. ii. = The.

i. 1503. I'lumpton Corr. 180. 'He desireth
you to be his gud master, and beare him out,
tliat a be not vexed nor trobled thcrfore.'

ii. 1612. I'o/vt J/ouse Book, xxxiii. 310. A
man .=ays, 'What a devill are they? I have
XX li. to spend.'

A. int. The modern Ah, pron. a ;
Cleveland Gloss.

ikec. XV. .S.S. iii. 229. ' A the more I loke
thereon, a the more I thynke I fon.'

1649-50. S..S. xl. 29. A woman from Boiling,
W. R. Y., being told that a woman had died
two years before, saitl, 'A, mother, but she
never rests.'

A. vh. etc. = Ha, a worn-down form
of Have : or As (M.); Jamieson.

1485. V'^'k House Hook, v. 41. 'As to the
Article that wher Sir Thomas Broghton shold
of late a ben [i.e. have beini] at Havenglasse, he
not yat denyeiL'

14'90. /'lii'injiton Corr. 94. ' Syr, a for [i.e. as
for'i the arbage, dout j-t not.'

1540. t'hurchirdiu .iccts, .'it. Mich. .Spurrier-
gate, York. 'A pare of glovys for ye under-
clerk for syngyng of "a mynd off me" [i.e.
Uare mind o/ nte] ij d.'

1596. Raine's Xorlh l>urham, xlvi. Lr of
Sir John CartTi. 'I woM gladlic a [i.e. Aarc]
gotten them oil four togetlicr."

A. B. C. sb. i.e. an Alphabet Book.
Lat. Ahecedarium, still often called
an A-B-C book.

1577. S..V. xxvi. 269. Inr. of Thos. Pasmore
of Richmond. ' xij A. B. 0. books, vi d '

1678. Id. 277, 279. Inv. Jas. Backhouse of
Kendal. ' xv Englishe A. B. Sis, vij d. Absis
anil Catechismies viij d.'

1597. ^'..S. xxxviii. 282. Inv. of John Parheck
or Durham, 'vij Accidences, xxx A. B. Cies,
etc., viij s.'

1616. Inv. of John Poster of York, bookseller.
' Twelve A. B. Ces, iij d.'

Abaisance, sb. Obedience, subjec-
tion. Old French abaissance (M.).

c. 1520. Lr from Ld Dacre to lloAsw, Cali-
gula, B. i. 7. ' Whereby thay mav kepo the
hole country of the Marche in abavsaunce,
tliat thai maye do anoysaimce to the Duk.'

Abased, j)ple. Lowered. Perhaps
from Old French abaissier (M.) ;
Jamieson.

1580. S.S. xiv. 31. Lr to Sir Robert Bowes.
' You may by some apt meanes bringe to passe
the cre<lit that D'Abiguy is lately growen
unto may be abased.'

1637. I'ork House Book, xxxv. 336. The
Corporation ' to goe to the Minster tomorrow
and liave the sword and mace iKjrne abased.'

Abash, vb. Cf. Abaisance and
Abased. To ashame, or cast down.
Jamieson.

Siec. XV. S.S. iii. 37. 'He wold be abast
now.'

1665. Treati.^ of the Four Last Things by
Simon Birckbeck of Gilling, near Richmond, 62.
'And were it so their whole life were laid
open in the presence of men and angels, j-ot
this could not abash tliem.'

Abasing, sb. Depreciating, de-
basing. Cf. Abased, etc. ; Jamieson.

155 . Vork House Book, x!c. 74. 'An un-
trewe & slanderouse rumour was ryseii &
sprede abrodo w'in tliis citie concer'nyng a
further abacyng of te.stons.'

Abate, Abated, rb. and pple. To
reduce, lose. Old Fr. abatre (AI.).

1511-12. Xorthumberliuiil //ou.iehnl,l Hook
ed. Xicohn, 69. • They !•> Im' abayteil for theire

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absence of the somme allowed ' [i.e. have their
WKies reduced}.

1632. Michl Stanhope's Cures without Care.
York. ' The other abates much of its native
taste being brought to thecitty ' [i.e. the water
loses its taste}.

1655. Treatise of the Four Last Things, by
Simon Birekbcck of GilUng, near Richmond, 156.
' The defective supplied, and the superfluous
abated.*

1736. Drake's Ehoracum, 181. ' Of late years
that custom was abated to twice a week.'

Abbathy, sb. An abbacy, or abbey.
Lat. ahhathia in thirteenth cent. Cf.
S.S. Ixvi. 4.

1583. <S.S. xiv. 560. Lr from Sir R. Boires.
'The Duke's children should be recompensed
with the abbathv of Pasley.'

Abbet, Abbit, si. Old form of
Habit.

i. A particular dress or costume. Cf. S.S.
XXX. 174 ; liii. 237, 312 ; Ixxiv. 183 ; Isxix. 253.

ii. A body of persons who wear a particular
dress. Of. 'S.S. liii. 244 ; xsxv. 268.

Abbotlaf, sb. A loaf given by the
abbot of St. Mary's, York, as part of
a corrody.

1374-5. Chest of Mercht. Advrs. York. . . .
William the Abbat & the Convent of Yk
gi-ant to Marg' wife of Tho» Tendniau of Yk,
if she overlive her husband, a corrody for life,
per day of 'unum panem album vocatum
miche, & unum panem nigrum vocatum Ab-
botlaf, & duas lagenas cerevisise conventualis,
& foditionem turbarum j. hominis in turbaria
de Fulford ' for 2 days. For similar corrodies
of loaves, etc., cf. *..S'. Ixxxiii. 349 et seq. At
Kievaulx there was a kind of ale called Abbot's
ale, distinct fi-om the Convent ale, which was
given to pensioners. Cf. S.S. Ixxxiii. 355 ; cf.

COBnODY.

Abbotship, sb. The office or place
of Abbot.

1536. S.S. xlii. 286. Marm. Abbot of Foun-
tains, writing to Cromwell, says, 'I have
raither wyll to resigue the abbotship then my
prebend.'

Abearance, sh. Deportment, be-
haviour. From abear. Old Engl. (M.).

1645-6. York House Book, xxxvi. 175. Mr.
Robert Harrison adm. schoolmaster, 'during
his good behaviour and abearance.'

Abearing, .■.&. Bearing, behaviour.
From abear. Old Engl. (M.).

1523. York House Book, ix. 73. ' He were not
of good abberryng unto thaym as he aught
to be.'

1636. iV. Riding Record Soe. iv. 52. Marm.
Dauby of Aiskew, gen., to enter bond ' for his
good abeareing for a year.'

1649. Assise Papers, York Castle. Richard
Robinson of Thicket binds a man over to ' be
of a good aliearing towards tlie keepers of the
liberties of England.'

Abell, sb. Probably Abel. The
name given to a cup in the Refectory
at Durham in 1446. ' Murra larga
et magna, vocata Abell, sine co-
operculo ' (^S.S. ix. cclxxxix.). In the
same place there was a cup called
• Herdwyke,' and another called
' Beda,' or Bede.

Cups were sometimes named after some pre-
vious owner or place, e.g. in 1397 the Prior of
Finchale had a cup of murray 'vocatum
ciphum Godrici,' the patron saint of the place.
In 1411 this appears in the Inv. as 'ciphu3
murreus ornatus argento et auro, vocatus
Goderik ' {S.S. vi. cxviii. clvi.). In 1414 Beatrix
Lady Roos leaves to Wm. Lord Roos, her son,
'unum ciphum argenti cum cooperculo, vo-
catum Fawconberge' (S.S. Iv. 377). In 1436
John Lord Greystock leaves to his eldest sou
'maximum ciphum argenti cum coopertorio,
vocatum le Chartre de Morpath ' (S.S. ii. 85).
In 1449 Sir John Keville leaves to the place
where he sliaU be buried ' a standyng cuppe,
silver & giltt, caUide y« Kataryne, & tharof to
mak a cliaUs ' (S.S. xxx. 147). A cup, called
the Constable cup, which had, no doubt, be-
longed to some ancient constable of Richmond
Castle, appears in early wHls of the Lords
Scrope of Bolton (S.S. ii. 275, 329). In 1420
Richard Lord Scrope desires that it may be
made into a chalice (S.S. liii. 3).

Abhorreful, a. Abominable, to be
abhorred. Connected with Latin
abhorrere.

c. 1630. Rich. Garbutt, of Leeds, Sermons, 132.
' The odious, abominable, abhorreful nature of
this sin.'

Abide, vb. Old Engl, abidan (M.).
In Cursor Mundi, with perf. abade.
i. To bear or last out. ii. To tolerate ;
cf. Whitby and Cleveland Gloss, iii.
To await.

i. 1605. Eccl. Proc. at Durham, Northaller-
ton. ' She was so sicke she could not abyde.'

. . 1668. Depositions in York Castle. A man
is killed at Kildale in Cleveland. He said
'that Ann Corner strocke him on the short
ribbes with her foote that he was not able to
abide.'

ii. 1495. York House Book, vii. 135. 'They
wold abvd ye rewle of my Lord Maier.'

. . c. 1590. S.S. XV. 52. Rites of Durham.
Dean Whittingham ' could not abyde anye
axincyent monuments.'

iii.' 1468. Reg. Hi. Parv. Pr. & Conv. Durham,
139. ' Dan Ric' BiUingham . . lith sore seke,
abiding y« mercy of Almighty God.' Cf. S.S.
Ixxix. 89.

. . c. 1510. Inscr. on roof of High Chamber
at Leckonfifld E. R. Y. 'Esperaunce in hasty
advengynge of thy mil. Nay wysdome bid-
dithe the abyde and be still.'

Abiliments, sb. An old form of
Habiliments. Materials, supplies,
equipment. Cf. Raine's North Dur-
ham, ] 1 ; and S.S. xxvi. 85.

Ability, sb. Means or wealth, not
power of mind. Lat. HabiHtas.
hability is the earlier form. Cf. S.S.
xxxviii. 8 ; xxix. 185. ' Every
man according to his ability ' (Acts
xi. 29).

1602. N. R. Y. Record Soc. ii. 316. 'Thos.
Simpson, of Beedelam, in Hemsley parish,
having had his house latelie burnt, and all his
houshold stuff, which was his whole abilitle.'

1613. S.S. xlii. 350. Will of John Gill of
Nidderdale. To be bur. at Midlesmore ' accord-
ing to his ability, as law requireth.' Cf. <S.S.
xxxiii. 89.

1638. Yks. Arch. Journal, pt. xix. 37-8. Al-

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ABO

mondhurn. 'Thesftiile Walker liatU a tnrmo
anil some abilities of lils ownc'

1655. TVif four L<i.il Thimjs, hti S. flirckh'-ct of
Gillinij, tn-ar Itichinoml. 'If God hiivc blissetl
thee with ability, bestow some portion thereof
to pious uses.'

Able, adj. Sufficient, fit for use,
sound. Lat. kahilis.

1510. .''..S. XXXV. 204. .imphforth, y. R. )'.
'Feui'Stnv' vitnie cum coopertura . . non
sunt sutllcioutes, viz. nbill."

1510. /</. p. 2C6. Jtromliam, IF. R. 'We
shall maik all thviipes abiU wt ye grace of
God.' Cf. S.S. Ixxix. 1G8.

1521. Rainr'.i .Vnrlh Durham, 295. Xorham
Oifllf. ' As for bowcs, tUer is noue but only
xiu which is of uone efEect, x of them not
able.'

1534-5. Vort Chtimlifrlain's Root. The
Bilkers present John EMeoi 'for sellyng whyte
caykes, not able breile, nor holsom.'

ii. adj. With means, well-to-
do people. Brockett, Teesdale, and
Cleveland Gloss.

1641. .SA xx-xiii. 87. East Riding Ykf. ' The
reason why these bills are given in is to she we
. . whoe are the ablest men in each towne, &
wheather they bee rated in lands or in goods.'

ili. adj. Competent to practise

a trade as a master. Hahilis (Keg. Civ.
Ebor. A. ; cf. 72, snec. xv.). A common
term in York. Jn^7//Z/.* = unable.

1503. York llouie Book ix. 1. "The said
foren shall be examyned by the sersours . .
and iiij maistcrs, whether he be able & counyng
in the said craft or not. And if he be found
able, then he to jiay for liis entre . . x s.'

Abled, p. pple. from v. Able. Said
of an apprentice, or new-comer, being
warranted and declared fit to prac-
tice a trade. Habilis approbatus.
Ilalrilem approhare (Reg. Civ. Ebor. A.
Y. 72, sajc. XV.).

1410. li-'j. Cir. Kfjor. i. 277. ' To set uppe &,
occupy als maistre in the said crafte before he
be serched & abled.'

1471-2. Id. 285a. 'So put, ab'.ed, & ad-
mitted.'

Abies, sh. = Naples. A kind of fus-
tian woven at Naples. Cf. Rock's
Tej-tile Fabrics.

1498. .S'..s-. liii. 158. 1(7// of Robert Calverley,
of Cat verity, 11'. R. }'. 'To Sir Robert Wam-
berslay a blake gown lined with fustyan in
abUU.'

1532. S.S. xviii. 64. Durham. 'In vj
fushayuenables emptis . . in Novo Castro
ij s i d. In vj ulnis fushayuenables emptis
ix s ij d.'

1558. S..S. ii. 182-3. Inv. of Sir Thou. Hilton,
CO. Durham. ' One cupbord cloth of f usshing
Naples. Two cupbord clothes of reid fusshene
Naples.' Cf. iJ. 201, 253, 347, 380 ; xjcxviu.
155.

Abling, sb. The being declared fit
to practise a tratle by the searchers of
the trade-guild. The start in busi-
ness was called the ' upset 'at York in
the fifteenth century.

1503. York Houne /look, ix. 1. 'Every appren-
tiec or forcuilre, at what tyme a.-< he Is able<I by
the serchours <& iiij"> men, & shall set up i

occnpie as a maister, to pyPf to the said craft
ij s for a brekfivste for levyng tliejT (Kicupacion
& besvnes abowt, & for their ablvng.'

1606-7. A/, xxxlii. 60. 'Agreed that Robert
Casson, goldsmith, shall have tyme to make an
hableinge pece of worke . . and it to be brought
to the Lord Maior to viewe and sec if the same
be workmanlie & artificiallic done.' (If satis-
factory, the maker was to be made free of the
city.)

Abolishment, sb. Abolition. Prob.
Fr. aholisscmvnt (M.).

1563. Border Laws, in XimUon't Leges Mar-
chiarum, 127. 'Yet intend we not thereby to
make derogation or abolishment of the L&wa
& Customs of the Marches.'

Abon, Abone, Aboon, Aboven,
Abowne, Abune, ade Above. Old
Engl. Ahoveti is the form in the
Cursor Miindi, where it occurs five
times, and oboven once. Aboivyne,
abone, abojv, abiifin (Jamieson) ;
aboon (Brockett) ; aboon, abune (Teas-
dale) ; aboon (Swaledale, Whitby, and
Craven) ; aboon, abune (Cleveland).

1412. Contract for Cattenck Church, y.R.Y.
' The hight of the walles of the quere sail be
above the grounde twenty fote, with an
alurvng abowne.' Cf. York Mijst. Plays, p. 4.

1420. SJi. ii. 63. JH// of Sir John Lumley,
CO. Durham. 'Yat yis aboven-written is my
last wille.'

St£c. XV. &/S. iii. 196. 'In clowdys from
abone.'

Scec. XV. Nassington's MS. Poem, 158 :
' So passes mercy yat be clene,
Aboven all other vertues that ben.'

1458-9. i'.^'. XXX. 222. n'i7/ of Sir Thos.
Chairorth, CO. Notts. 'Of the age of xxij yere
or aboon.'

1466. Id. 285. Vrm of Lady Eure of Mal'on .
' The residue of mv goodes aboun not legate.'

1472. &5. xlv."205. Ponlefract. 'That at
is takvu of his 1 vvelod abtme his fyndvn.'

1475. York City Reg. B. ii. 147. ' The xvth
yere of Kinge Edward the iiijt alle abon
saide.'

c. 1500. Roof of St. Mary's, Beverley (Poul-
son, 73ii). 'Mavu in thy lyffyng, lowfe God
abown all thyng.' Cf. .S.& xxxv. 280 ; liii. 29 ;
Ixxix. 161.

1685. Merilon's Yorkshire Ale, etc. 62.
' Something that's good to keep our hearts
aboou.' Cf. I/ist. of Hemiu'jbrough, 42.

Abound, vb. To bound upon, touch.
Abunda is a boundaiy, sajc. xiii.
(Marske in Swaledale. 40), so there
must have been a sb. abound.

1421. Contract about a hoii.w in York, etc., at
Arncliff Hall. 'A place yat liges in S,iynt
Miche'.l Kirkgarth in Comiyng stret in Yorke,
als it abowndes, etc.*

1494. S.S. liii. 97. Agnes Maners, of York,
mentions in her will ' iiij houses, with ij gar-
thinges abounding on the layu ende.' One of
them ' abowndes vpou the high strete of
Walmetrate."

Aboutward, Aboutwards, adr. i.
about ; ii. rtady. on the move, eager.

i. 1602. Keel. D-pyMiims lU York. Framis
Hobson said ' His father was aboutwarde to
buyld a house at Wa.lley ' ( W. R. Y.).

.' . 1646. Ecd. D'-/u. Durham. A testiitrix at

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Durham called a person ' to bear witness of
the Will which she was aboutward to make.'

ii. 1465. -S.5. sii. 203. Norham. 'The
■which . . have ben abouteward to distresse
every mandatary.'

.."1474-5. -S.S. ix. ccclv. The Prior of Dur-
ham, writing to the Bishop, calls himself and
his monks 'your childer . . always besy and
aboutward, both day and night.'

. . 1500. York House Book, viii. 78. The
Abbot of St. Mary's, ^^Titing to the Lord
Mayor, says, ' I and my bredre disyre you to
doe me " neither hurte ne damage, ne be not
aboutewardes to make our grounde to be
yours." '

Abridge, vi. To reduce, deprive.
Old Fr. airegier (M.).

1394. S.S.iv. 186. Will of John Croxton, of
York. ' In kase be yat yis witword will noght
perfm-nysche, I will it be abryged {i.e. that
the amount given in legacies be reduced).

1582. S.S. xvii. 62. Lr to Dean and Chapter of
York. 'His Majestie . . thought it strange
that he should be abridged of any commoditie '
{i.e. to lose, or not get the fuU amount).

Abroche, adv. Abroach, or a going.
From a barrel being on the tap, or run.
Old Fr. abrflchier (M.).

1580. S.S. xiv. 31. Lr to Mr. R. Botces.
'The Queue's Majestye, foreseeinge that the
broyles lately set abroche . . may prove to
some dangerous yssue.'

Absolement, Assolement, sb. Ab-
solution. Fr. assuillement, absolir
(M.) ; Lat. absohere.

1515. ,S'.,?. Ixxiv. 332. Ripon. 'I desire for
God sake to be assoled of my lord of Fontaunce,
and (he) to have for the assolment iij s. iiij d.'

1531. S.S. Ixxix. 305. Will of Geo. Fuister,
of Kirkham, Yks. 'To my Lord Prior
iij s. iiii d. for my assolment.'

1535 ' Red. Test. Elm: si. 176. Will of Jolm
Herde, of Hackuess, E. R. Y. 'To my Lord
Abbot, for mv absolement, iij s. iiij d.'

Absolutely, adv. Decisively. Lat.

absolute.

1591. Eccl. Proc. at Durham . . Plairsicorth.
A witness says, ' She thiuketh that the said
Robert ment that the words should stand for
his will, for that he did absolutely speak the
same.'

Abusion, sb. Misuse, misapplica-
tion. Old Fr. abusion (M.) ; Lat.
ahnsio.

c. 1580. Surtees' Durham, i. 131. 'The
miserable abusyou of lands and goods given
unto the hospital of Sherburn.'

Abuttated, j). pple- From v. Abut-
tate, to abut, to touch. Ha^dng had
the points of contact settled. Old
Fr abouter ; Lat. abuttare.

1569 Arch. .Kl. n. .«. xiii. 110. Survey of
Bvir>'ll and Bojbeck, Northd. 'The said two
biironios or lordships are thus abuttated.'

Abye, vb. To take the conse-
quences' of ; pay for it. Old Engl.
Jamieson and Brockett.

Skec. xiv. York Mystery Plays, 31. 'And
that mon ye full dere abye/

c. 1460. S.S. iii. 15. ' We, yea, that shalt
thou sore abite.'

•SiPC. XV. Poem on the Tnnilu,hy ^m.^a.■<-
sinijtoti, of York, MS. Sloire, 753, f. 142 b. :

' And yat he sail full dere abye,
Bot he amende here yat foly.'

1527. Eccl. Proc. York. John Leutwhaite,
of Tickhill, charges Nic. Kendal, clerk, with
saj-ing, 'False horeson, thou shalte not com-
mande me to make any heges or gappis, and
yf thou dare tare me, thou shalt abye.'

Acate, sb. Gates or provisions
purchased. Old Fr. aoat, achat (M.).
The buyer was called a cater or
caterer, and his store-room a eatery.
Cf. NoHliumbd. Household Book, ed.
Mcolas, 26, 35, 45, 102 ; and S.S. x.
cxxxviii._ix.

1511-12. Northumherland House Book, 71.
' The saide oflBcer . . shaU bryuge my Lord a
bill of the names of such fresh acaytts in flesh
or fish.'

1633-4. S.S. Ixviii. 305. Ld. Wm. Howard's
Accompt Book. ' For fresh acates at Arundell
house,' etc.

Access, s. An attack of the ague.
Old Fr. acces (M.).

Scec. XV. Poem to St. Leonard, in HalliwelVs
Yorkshire Anthology, 278. 'Helpe feverous folk
that tremble in ther accesse.'

Acclaim, ?•&. To lay claim to. Lat.
acclamare. Acclame (Jamieson).

1534. Reg. Test. Ebor. xi. 116. Thos. John-
son, of G-rassington, in his ■will, desires ' nether
my elder son nor his broder to acclame any of
my fermhold.'

Accompany, sb. Company, or Com-
panions. Fr. accompagner.

1496. York House Book,' yiH. 16. 'When
Maier sends theym word, the sliireffis shall, w'
theyr accompanyes, come presently unto
Mayer's dwell yng plac3.'

Accompiishure, sb. Accomplish-
ment. Lat. accomjJlere.

1471. S.S. xii. 220. Lr to the King of Scotland
' The Blessid Trinite have you evir in his kep-
ing, and send you th' accomplisshm- of your
full noble desires.'

Accord, si. Settlement, agreement.
Old Fr. acord, acorde (M.).

1447. Reg. iii. Parv. Pr. d- Conv. Durham, 14.
Letter to R. Wetwang, ' to mete at Alverton to
make a full acorde betwix thaym of aU maters.'
Cf. S.S. xii. 134.

1454. Domesday Book, D. & C. York, 133.
Deed of Pr. A- Conv. of Pontefract . . 'To ful-
fill this acord both y« parties have graunt y' to
sealis.'

Accord, vb. To agree upon, to agree.
Old Fr. acorder (M.).

1420. S.S. ii. 63. Will of Sir John Lumley.
' If it be soe yat y« f orsaide Wodcock and myne
executours maye not aocorde, I wille,' etc. Cf.
Kaine's North Durham, 289.

1454. Domesday Book, D. d- C. York, 132.
htdi'nt. Pr. d Conv. of Pontefract. 'Ye parties
beforseid be acordyd.'

1523. York House Book, x. 63. 'It is ac-
cordyd, enaotyd, fermely hereafter to be
observed.'

1571. .5..?. xxxviii. 9. Will of Bp. Pilkington.
'If the same accorded marriage doe take
efifecte.' Cf. &S. xiv. 51.

Accordment, sh Agreement, con-
cord. Old Fr acordement (M.).

1410. Reg. i. Civ. Ebor. 277. 'Thay ware

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fully ftpconloil of tlio i«>yiitt's, & tlie variance
botwix tlic siuil craftos, & tlmir accorJcmeut
was this."

Accouple, rb. To couple. Old Fr.
acoplcr (M.).

1485-6. I'lampton Corr. 50. Lr from Tho.
lii-lanson. '1 send a pauper of the Rosery of
our Lady of Colcyn, and I have registered
your name with both luy Ladis' names, and ye
be aooplod as hrether and sisters.'

Accrin, Ac-corn, Akcorn, gb. An
acorn. Old Engl. acAicr/i (Brockett),
acrun (Teesd.ile), ac-corn (Cleveland).
A a^roorn, fflaiu^ (^Durham, MS. Gloss.
0. 1500). Sometimes an ornament on
the knop of a spoon. ' Coclearia argenti
cum glandibus in nodis ' (S.S. ix.
colxxxvii.). Cf. also S.S. xxx. 74.

1392. && iv. 177. H'(« of Ro!»-rt Usher of
East Jl'-tford. 'Domino Koberto Cave . . sex
coclearia argentea cum aorinsse tie aui-o.'

1472. S.S. Ixxxv. 2G. .s,liju. ' Thar sail no
man geiler uon akcornes in the comoue wod.'

1568. .S.S. ii. 173. mil of R. Rem-tl of Dur-
ham. ' To Mr. Christofer Chayter one silver
spone gilt, with an accorue on the head.'

Accroach, vb. To encroach. Old Fr.
ocrocher (M.). Lat. accrochiare
(Wansford, E. R. Y., 1573).

.SiFi-. XV. JSS. Lr from Prior of Durham to . .
' We are eufourmed yat certeyn of our tenantz of
Brakcnholme has accroched and approwed
yaim of our waste yarc.'

Accumbered, 2^. 2'P^^- Encum-
bered.

1494. R-'g. Pnrv. Prior. Diinelm. Letter from
Prior to Bp. of Bath A Wtlls. ' The livelode of
the mouasterii is by diverse partiez withdi'awyn
& acoiiuibred.'

Accustom, rb. To make a custom
of, to do customarily. Old Fr. acos-
turner : Lat. accostuviare (M.).

1511-12. XorthnmU Household Book, ed.
Nicolai, 33G. ' My Lorde usith & accustomyth
yercly . . to caus to be delyvered," etc.

Accustom, sb. Custom, usage.

Scec. XV. Vath of the .Sheriifs of York. ' All
ye fraunchises, & liberties, usagez, & accus-
toumez . . ye sal save «!fc mavuteyne.'

1529. S.S. Ixxix. 100. Will of John Fo.t, of
Topclifff, clerk. ' I bcqueith for my mortuarie
my best gode, according to th' accostome.'

Accustom, Accustomed, a. = i.
accustomed, usual ; ii. frequented,
with a good custom or trade.

i. 1504. Jo;-* House Book, ix. 9. 'He wold
not come and take his othe accustome.'

ii. 1736. Drake's Kboracum, 2S0. 'Here is,
also, an old accustometl inn at the sign of the
Elejihant.'

Accustomable, a. Customary,
usual.

1511-12. Xorlhum'xl llousehoUl Book, eil.
jVifo/iw, 331. 'Which be ordynary auil accus-
tomable pjiyincnt.s.'

1548. i'ork House Book, xix. 13. ' One
aimuytic of xij 11., i)arcell of the accustomable
fee.'

Accustomably, adr. According to
custom or habit.

1d41 )'../i /l,,,.^.- Itnnk, XV 11. 'Wni X.-w-

Kom, loksmyth, oppnyil tlio rownile box whore
the Common Seyll liathe been kept accustom-
ably."

c. 1573. SS. xxvi. 280. 'The Inhabitants of
S' Margaret's, Durham, withdrrwe ther ac-
customed dowties . . winch hath Ijeen accus-
tomable paid.'

1597. Bnsseireirs Workes of Armorie, pt. ii.
17(j. 'This tree accustomably groweth in
sandy places.'

Accustomly, adv. According to
custom.

1540-1. Will of Humphr. Gaseoi.jn of Bnrn-
borouijh, ill Arclih. Lie's Register. 'To every
solioler, havingc surplesse, accustomlj'c usinge
the (|ut're, j d.'

Achen, j^'on. Each one ; or, as a
Yorkshireman would say, ' Each yan.'

1543. S.S. xxvi. 37. Wm. AUansoii of Cuii-
dall's Will. 'Achen off thame to have one
why strik.'

Achesoun, sh. The cause or rea-
son. Old Fr. ' Ne queret achalsun.'
S.S. xvii. 1. 303.

Scec. XV. Vork Afijsterij Plays, 121. 'I sail
you tell achesoune why.'

Acker, sb. Probably = Aigre, a
Northern word for vinegar; cf. Alicer.
It might be Ochre.

1578. S.S. xxvi. 277. Jas Backhouse of Kirkhy
in Lonsdale, In v. 'In ginger, goles, acker,
sope and glew, viij s. iiij d.'

Acquitting, sb. Releasing. Old
Fr. aquiter; Lat. acquietare (M.).

1502. S.S. Ixxix. 3. Will of Lady Greijstock.
'Tlio residue to be dispoased for my soule . .
in doyngo of Masses, acquitiuge of pouer
prisoners cute of prison,' etc.

Acredance, sb. Credence, credit.

1490. Morehouse's History' of Kirkhurton. W.
R. v. 63. ' For mor acredance herof to be had
to yis our WTyteyiig indented, we, ye said
Kirkgraves, hath set our sealys.'

Acre-tale, sb. Acreage, by count
or tale of acres.

1638. Yk. Arch. Journal, v. 385. Cudicorth
W. R. Y. 'Asscsments to be hereafter ac-
cor<leinge to the quantitie & qualUtie of the
lande made by acre tale.'

Acton, Aketon, Haketon, etc., sb.
Old Fr. anquttoii (M.). A padded or
quilted jacket for defence, sometimes
covered with plates of metal.

1314. SS. ii. 18. Inv. Sir John ifarmaduk of
Ilorden CO. Durham. ' j aketuu coopertum cum
viridi samet, xl s. j aketon rubeiim cum
manicis de balavn, xl s.'

1350. SS. iv. 62. Will of Sir Gilbert de Aton
CO. York. 'TJne aoketon que jeo ay done a
Roger mon oliambreleyn.*

1367. Status Domus de Holy L<:lancl. 'In
camera iij baciiiettes . . vij actons.'

Sac. XV. York Myst. Plays, 424. 'Myno
actonc covered all with white.'
Adawds, adv. In pieces.

1686. .M-riion's York.<hire Ate. etc. 41. 'And
then I'so :ieaur wcesc rive up all adawds.'

Addle, vb. To earn. Old Engl.
lirockett, Teesdalv, Sivaledale, Crnvvn,
IltiUamsh'yre, Cleveland, and Whitbi/
(I'losxaries.

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c. 1460. .S'.,S. iii. 195. 'He has adyM his ded,
a k.vng-e he hyin calde.'

1620. /?i'c/. Proc. Durham. A Newcastle
woman says ' She never did as some did that
aidlcd a gowiie and a iietticote.'

1681. T/ial of Thos. Thwing at York,
p. 11. A witness says, 'He would give me
more then I could addle iu seven years.'

1685. Mcrilon's Yorkshire Ale, etc. ed. 1685,
p. 61. ' What little stock hes thou ? I knaw
tlinu's adilk'd some with diiveing plew.'

Addling, sb. Earnings. Brocltett,
Teesdale, Swaledale, Craven, Hal-
lamshire, Wldthy, cmd Cleveland
Glossaries.

1754. Snaith Marsh (W. R. ¥.), A Poem.
' My ad(Uiugs wared, and yet my rent to pay.'

Adeal, adi\ A deal, i.e. much

ficec. XV. York Mystery Plays, 49. 'Now,
dame, the thar not drede adell.'

Adjoin,?'^. To join on to; to be next
to. Old Fr. ajomdre (M.); Lat.
adjungere. ' Accede, et adjunge te ad
currum istum.'

c. 1530. Arch. JEl. n. s. i. 93. Su7'vey of
Bericick-on-Tweed. ' Frome thend of the said
wawll . . adjoned to the castell.'

1580. S.S. xiv. 104. Lr from Sir R. Botoes.
' He myndeth not to adjoyiie himself to any
that maj'e be prejudicial! to her highues
service.'

c. 1590. S.S. XV. 3. Rites of Durham. ' At
the west end of thir shrine . . was a little
altar adjoyned to it.'

1621. Arch. .^l. n. s. 1. 201. Contract for
building Dilston Hall. ' The wall of the thirde
story . . must adjoyne with tlie hewen porch.'

Adjudge, vb. To sentence. Old
Fr. ajuyer (M.) ; Lat. adjudicare.

1546. York House Book, xviii. 69. 'Thare
was two tai' lours that came from Loudon . .
aud was accused and indictyd of herysy and
heronyos oppynyons conceruyug the Blyssyd
Sacrament of the Alter, and theruppon they
were comytt to prison to the Shyrryfles' Kyd-
cote, beyng condempnyd, and also adjugyd to
be brynt.'

Admit, vb. To consider, account.
Lat. admittere.

1512. S.S. Ixxix. 30. Will of Henry Cam-
bull, Archdeacon of York. 'For as much as in
my days I have byfore this tyme made diverse
testamentes, I will now they all be admittid
and stand as voyd.'

Admonishment, sb. Admonition.
Old Fr. amonestevient (M.).

1640. S.S. Ixii, 27. Sir Chr. Wandisford
' laid out his endevors to prevent the falling of
them uppon us, by his frequent admonish-
ments aud reproofs.'

1677. Breirly's Bundle of Truths, 37.
Grindleton in Craven. ' His maid's admonish-
ment, though basely born.'

Adnichilate, rb. and j^. pple. Make
useless. ISicMlate in 8.S. xxxviii. 5.
From Lat. vb. ad.nicMlare, which is
used in 12th cent, near Durham {^S.S.
vi. 90), and also in S.S. Iviii. 231, and
at York in 1400 (^Reg. Civ. Ebor. A.
]'. 123).
1558. York House Book, xxii. 142 'If any

of their former ordy nances were in any point
transposed or aduicliilat.'

1583. Will of Chr. Cokeson of Durham. '1
adnuU and adnihilate ah wills,' etc.

Adnullation, sh. Old form of
Annullation, or Annulling. Lat.
annullatio ; Fr. annulation (M.).
Jamieson.

1533. York House Book, xii. 10. ' Agreed
that xxxiij s. iiij d. shalbe sent up to Mr.
Dogeson and Mr. Newton, to tlie intent to gitt
the adnullaoion of ye newe graunt of HuU to
be putt in prynte.'

Adnullirig, sb. An old form of
Annulling. Cf. S.S. ix. ccccliiii.

Adonay, Adonai, sb. A Jewish
name for Jehovah.

1421. Archbp. Bowett's Reg. i. 376. Will of
Nich. Cooke of Tickhill. ' Luminari in eadem
ecclesia vocato Adonay, v s.'

Scec. XV. S.S. iii. 35. 'Adonay, thou God
veray.'

Adornaments, sb. See Anorna-
ments.

Adread, «. Afraid. 0\d'E,ng\ Adrad
(Jamieson).

Soec. XV. York Mystery Plays, 261. ' Abidde
as I bidde, and be noght adreed.'

Swc. XV. S.S. iii. 25. 'Thou art alway adred,
be it fals or trew.'

e. 1470. Reg. iii. Prior. Dunelm, Letter from
Prior to Archbp. of York. ' I am gi'etly aflferd
and adred that,' etc.

Adrigh, a. Away, to a distance
(M.). Old Engl, adrieoli (Jamieson).

Scec. XV. York Mystery Plays, 298. ' Well,
Sirs, drawes you adrygh.'

Advail, sJ. Old form of Avail:
Old Engl. Cf. North Durham, 289.

Advantage, Avantage, Avaun-
tage, sb. i. Profit ; ii. the excess or
surplus. Fr. avantage ; Lat. advan-
tagium.. Cf . S.S. vi. xxv. and xxxii. 257.
(Finchale and Durham.)

i. 1502-3. Plwnpton Corr. 174. ' The said Sir
John shall be at liberty to take his most avan-
tage.' Cf. S.S. xlii. 349, and Ixiv. 304.

. . c. 1510. /user, at Leckonfield, E. R. Y.
'Esperaunce in bloode and highe lynage, at
moste nede bot esy avauntage.'

ii. 1556. York House Book, xxii. 37. The
churchwardens of St. Cuthbert's to give every
Sunday ' v. penny loves of breade at the founte
stone when service is done before none, in tlie
honour of the v woundes of our Lord Jhesus
Ohriste, & the vj* penuye loSe, with the halfe
pennye, beinge the advauntage of the said half
dossen of brede, shall goe towardes the dis-
chargeing of the Holye Bread.'

Advantage, Avantage, vb. Cf.
Phimpton Corr. 129.

Advenging, sh. Old form of
Avenging. Old Fr. avengier.

c. 1510. Inscr. on roof of High Chamber at
Leckonj\i:ld, E. R. Y. ' Esperaunce in hasty
advcngynge of thy will ; nay, wysdome
biddithe the abyde and be still.'

Adventure, Aventure, sb. A

dangerous enterprise. Old Fr. adven-
ture (M.).

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AFF

Stec. XV. Inscr. on JCiicaiislie Tile in York
Museum. ' Aud cv' hit uvuil the, hit is but
aveuture.'

1460. Rf^. Civ. Ebor. A. J'. 289. 'And to
com to this at tlinir aventour.'

1520. S.S. Ixxix. 89. Inscr. at Flamhro,'
E. R. v. ' Here lieth Marnia<luke Constable of
Flnyiib<irplit, knypht.whniniideadvcutoiir into
Fniiico for the rifht of the siune.'

Adventure, Aventure, vb. To ven-
ture, or risk. Old Fr. aventurer (jM.).

c. 1530. Arch. .El. U.S. i. 92. i'K/ivi/ of Her-
tcick-on-Ticeed. ' No man dar aventur to lye in
the Imlginge.' Cf. S.5. xiv. 123.

1563. Vork House Hook, xxiii. 133. 'My L.
Mayor, beyng iiowe at malesise, dare not ad-
venture forth of his doore.' Cf. S.S. xxii. 316.

Adversary, a. Adverse. Old Fr.
arcritier; Lat. adversarius.

1580. 6'.5. xiv. 39. Lr from Sir R. Boires.
' Albeit in most thynges . . they agreed \vith
th' adversiiryo parte.'

Advisement, sb. See Avisement.

Advocation, sh. The next presenta-
tion to a benefice, not the Advovvson
in tl)e usual sense of the word. Lat.
advocatio.

1514-5. &5. bciis. 57. Win of Sir R. Bigod,
of Settrington. 'I have graimted the next
ailvocacion of eny churche in my gyfte to Sir
WiUiam Spiers, Prior of Gvsburn", &"Sir Raufi
Eury, knisiht.' Cf. id. 264."

Advoidance, sb. See Avoidance.

Cf. N..S. ix. cclxxvii. and Ixxxiv. 182.

Advoiding. See Avoiding.

Advowess, sb. Old form of
Avowess, Vowess. Avouer, Old Fr.

1485. .s'..S. lili. 10. Will of ' Alice Thwates,
advoesse, sum tyme wife of Thomas Thwates
esquier.'

Adward, sb. Old form of Award.
Fr. award (M.).

1515. York City House Book, ix. 79. ' Apon
payn of forfltour . . that heyreafter brekis
this our adward'

Adv^ard, rb. Old form of Award.
Fr award (M.).

1528. York House Book, yi. 152. 'They
a<lward and juge.'

Afeard, ppl. a. Afraid. Old Engl.
Jauiiesoii, BrocJtett, and Craven Gloss.

Sac. XV. York Muslery Plays, 190. 'Beis
nojt aferde for us in feare.'

Scec. XV. S.S. iii. 28. 'Be not aferd, have
done.'

c. 1470. Reg. iii. Prior. Dunelm. 'I am
gretly afferd and adred that,' etc.

c. 1505. Plumpton Corr.'2\^\^. 'Sister, be
ye nothing afeard therof." Cf. Id. 218.

168a Il'i// of Vhr. llildjiard of York. 'I
am not affeard to make a true confession of my
Christian faith.'

Afee, rb. To give a retaining fee
to.

1506. York Houu Book, ix.Zl. 'My Lord
Maire shewed how that it war a god deid to be
acerteynedof amason . . and to be afeyd with
this cite.' On D.o. 1, XbW, Akx. Wilson,
mason, is liire<l with a fee of 8s.

Affect, vb. To have an affection or

liking for. Fr. affecter; Lat. affeitare
(M.).

1604. Eccl. Proc. Durham, Rav-'/ifirorth.
'The said Agnes did affect the si»id Martin.*

1639. Sir //. Sling.tby:t Dinrti, 45. ' I shall
ever dissuaile my sou from affecting building.*

c. 1640. IV'. /Mtcson's lYeic Orchard, etc., ed.
1648, p. 32. 'Uulesse you be especially
aflocted to some other kinds.'

1640. linstrick. York.i. Arch. Journal, v, 402.
'Affpotiiig an other trade more than hus-
baudrye.'

Affectuously. Earnestly or kindly,
Fr. affeetueux (M.).

1460. Reg. iii. /'/■. <t Conv. Durham. Lr from
Prior to !<ir John Butler. ' This mater by your
gooilc disrreoiou affectuou.*ly considerd.'

Afferance, sb. Cf. Affere and
Affering-.

Affere, Fere, vb. To decide on
the asses-sment or value of. Old
Fr. afeurer (M.).

1431-2. Roll of the Mystery of Mercers, York.
'Rec* vj s. viij d. of John TanfeM of arrerage
of vj 1. . . that he was behynde and noght
payde of divers persones that were afferyd in
yetyme of Robert of Yarom, than maister, and
before, and hafe noght pajde thaire affer-
aunce.'

1481. York House Book, ii. 27. 'The con-
stablery in every parisshe shall gedyr the
money afferid.'

1505. Guild Book of Beririck-on-Ttreed , i. 1.
'The ordynances, statutes and acts mayde by
the MayTe, aldermane, denue, and the xij fery-
inymenof the sayde gyUle.'

Affering, sb. Judging as to assess-
ment ; revising the decision of a jury,
as at Berwick-on-Tweed. Old Fr.

Scec. sv. Customs of Burgesses of Mallon.
' Iffe so be y' he apper not after y* seconde
assoyn, than schall y« foresayd soyn be turned
in to defawte, and he schall be amercyd be y«
afervng of xij men.'

Affiance, sb. Trust, belief. Old Fr.
ajianee (M.).

1455. &.5'. XXX. 216. Will of R. Barton, of
Kirkhy Fleetham, X R. Y. ' For ye grett
treutii and affiance vat I have in vame.'

1466. 6'.S. xii. 183,' Durham. ' \Ve bere full
trust and affiaunce in you.'

1486. York House Book, vi. 17. 'Redowtid
in ich region of Criste's affiance.'

1583. S.S. xiv. 396. Lr from Sir R. Boires.
' Having great affiance in tlie loyalty and
obedience of WiUiam Steward.' Cf. SS. xxii.,
cxxxvi.

1635. Will of W. Tlwmpson, of Humbleton,
E. R. Y. ' In whome I had & have still a great
goo<l hope & fatherly affyance.'

Affinity, sb. Body of relations, kith
and kin. Old Fr. ajinite ; and Lat.
affinitas Qil.).

' c. 1475. Plumpton Corr. 34. Lr from Godf.
Greene. ' To enforme the lords and their
couiisell of the misgovernances of Gascoin and
his atllnitie.'

Affluence, sb. Wealth, bounty. Fr.
OilHitence; Lat. affluetitia (M.).

1486. York House Hook, \i. \7 . 'Yebeavisid
must worthy be griviouse affluence '

Aiforce, sb. Force, boldness.

1486. York House Book, vi. 17. ' Sub-
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mittiug it w' th' afforce ami trnotli to your
excellence.'

Affray, sh. i. A fight, or attack.
Old Fr. effrei (M.). ; Lat. affraia
(N. R. Record Soc. i. 127). ii. Alarm.

i. 1441. Plumploti Con-. Iv. Ripon. ' The
Marcbmen were ashamed to come so faiT, and
not to be noysed with none affray, or they went
out of the country.'

. . 1474. Court Roll of Abbot of Selbij. 'Patryk
and James Glover made affray, and outhir
di-ewe blode of othir.'

1503. rofi- House Book, ix. 10. ' One Gossell

. maid assaut & affray upon the same George,
& hym sore hurt & mayhemyd.'

1637. Surlecs' Durham, iv. pt. i. 75. Barnard
Castle. ' No constable of this burrow, upon
making any affray, blood-sheddinge, or weapons
drawne, shall suffer such a person to departe,'
etc.

ii. Swc. sv. S.S. 63. ' Of all these cares no
thyng thay ken, thay feylle noghte of our
al'ray.'

1441. Plumptoii Curr. Iviii. Ripon. 'To the
great prejudice, hurt, and harme of the said
Cardinall and Archbishop, and great affray of
the King's people.'

Affray, vi. i. To scufHe, enter into
a fray. ii. To afErigbt. Old Fr.
afrayer (M.).

i. 1441. Plumpton Corr. Ivi. Ripon. They
' knew not of them, nor of their great strengthe,
till they sodaiuly mett and aff'rrayed to-
geather.'

1589. Eccl. Proc. Durham, Pontdancl, near
Nfircastle. ' Hugh Trewhet & the said William
Marlew' did affi-ay togither.'

1597. BosseteelVs Armorie, 52. 'If they see a
man comming against them . . they would not
affray him.*

1599. Sharpe's Hartlepool, 66. ' Whosoever
of tliis towne that . . smyteth or affrayeth
upon anie man . . shall paye x s.'

ii. 1441. Plumpton Corr. Ixi. Ripon. 'The
remnant of his said servants (were) greatly
att'raied, & doubted of tlieir lives.'

1524. Maine's North Durham, xill. Lr from
W. Franklyn to Wolsey. ' We wish that your
Grace wold find meanes tliat all saoramentes
might be denyed to tliem In Scotlande, which
should sorre affi'ay theym.'

1636. S.S. Ixii. 10, Rijedale. ' My father . .
was mvich affreyd att the sudaiue accident.'

Affrighting, j^. j)ple. Terrifying.
Affright is Old Engl.

1595. York House Book, xxxi. 69. Anthony
Sandwith is charged with menacing Air. King,
' having his sword in the scabard in his hand
in affrighting manner.'

Affrightment, sh. Alarm,

/S'ltc. xvii. <S'..S. 1. 237. Newcastle-on-Tijne.
'The man reflecting upon what he had done,
was struck with att'rightmeut.'

Affy, rh. ohs. To trust or rely. Old
Fr. ajier (M.).

Hcec. XV. Vork Mystertj Plays, 374. 'My
frendis that in my faitli affies.'

1613. Will of . . Perkinsoii of Slenincifonl. '1
mucli aflfle myself in Mr. Heughe Best' just
& freindlie dealing.'

A'field, To the field. Old Engl.
Teesdale Gloss.

1593-94, .5..S. 1,295. Neiiraslle. 'Foroarry-
jig tlie gear a-field, sfij U.'

Afore, adv. and prjj. Before. Old

Engl. Teesdale and Craven Gloss.

1478. .S.S. ix. ccclxvi. The Prior of Durh.am
says in a letter : ' The mater . . hath be right
chargeable to our monastery affor this.'

1501-2. Recj. Test. Ebor. llalph Eyre, of
Wicker.sley, desires 'to be buryede in the
kyrke of Saynt Albon, at Wickesley, afore the
crucifix.'

1509. York House Book, ix. 48. Inv. of.
Chantry goods in York. ' A veyll mayd with
the nedell for to hyng afore the hey altar in
Lentt.'

1641. S.S. xxxiii. 18. Best's Farming Book,
E. R. W ' The washers are to have warning
the night afore.'

1655. Treatise of the Four Last Things, by
Simon Birckbek, of Gilling, near Richmond,
8vo, p. 147. ' They that afore were most in
love with it, Ust not now look any time on the
corps.'

Afore-anents, adv. Right in front
of. Usually Foranenst. Old Engl,
words. Af omens (Jamieson).

1481. York City Ri>g. A. Y. 352. Alnwick.
'We, Sr Henry Percy, lientenaiint of tli'est
merches of England affornemptes Scotland.'

Afore-bear, sh. Old form of Fore-
bear. Ancestor.

1542. Survey of the Borders. ' Their prede-
cessours, or afore-bears, have in tyme paste
contynually plowed,' etc.

Aforetimes, adv. Before.

1441-2. S.S. xii. 130. Durham. 'As thay
have doon afortyme3 in your nobill progeni-
toures' day.'

c. 1470. Reg. iii. Parv. Pr. and Conv. Durham,
173. Letter to Archbp. Booth. 'In all thyngis
concornyng ye liberte3 . . afforetyme?.'
Afraidness, si. Timidity, fear.

1669. R. Oarbutt, of Leeds, Wks. p. 22G.
' The shyness and afraidness one of another.'

Afrayn, Affrayn, v. To inquire of,
ask.

Sa^c. XV. S.S. iii. 328. ' My father wakyd at
the laste, and hor afranyd.'

After-bending, .<ih. One of the
last parts of the process of making a
bow, by a York bower or bow-
maker. The various stages were, ' cliip-
pyng, thwytyng, dressyng, bendyng,
hornyng, boryng, clensyng uppe,
after-bendyng, and polyssyng and
skynnyng.' The bower was called
Arcularius. The first bending was
to show whether the wood would
bend at all.

1419. Reg. A. Y. Civ. Ebor. 62. ' Pro after-
bendyng cujuslibet centenre arcuum, xx d.'

After-crop. The grass after mow-
ing, called t\\Qfog.

1562. S.S. xxvj. 160. Will of Joan Wicllff,
of St. Nicolas, near Richmond. ' To my sonne
Thomas Wraye my lease and intrest of the
aftercroppe of St. Nycolas feld.'

After - dinner, After - drinkings.
After-supper, Used as sh. express-
ing a period of time.

1511-12. Northumbd. Household Book, ed.
Nicolas, 309. ' My Lorde's servauntes . . may
.It aftir-dynner go nboiite their own business.'

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/(/. 409. 'Tlic clerkc coniptroillour sliall
ilailly callo for the ktyes of th' oll\eersiiito the
count iii(,'liouso lit tliii's liourcs . . at iij o'th
clookc at after-drinkingis be iloniio, and also
every iiinht iininiiUatcly at aftcr-soupor.'

After-logging, gh, 1 Coarse corn,

rcinnaiils.

1641. .s'..s. xxxiii. 104. EmsireU, E. R. Y. 'In
many places they grinde after-logginges of
wlieate for tlieire si'rvants' pyes.'

After-matches, sb. Marriages in
subsequent generations.

c. 1600. XichoW Topoijr. and Genealogist, ii.
406. IJfscriplion of Gisbro' in Cleveland.
' Whoc (the Bruccs) were ancestors to our
Kiiige, and whose greatnesse in lyvings, and
these after-matclies in marryagc, apeares by
the licautyc of the mouasterye.'

Aftermath, sb. The grass in the
meadow after the mowing. Cf.
Thoresby's ' List of Words sent to
Raj'.' Cf. Aftercrop. The grass
which grows after the mowing is
called the 'fog' in tlie North. In
the Durham Surveys, sa-c. siv., the
Latin word for it is Benaynum. Cf.
S.S. xxsii. 170, 201, 212, 242.

Again, adv. ' Back into a former
position or state.' Old Engl. (M.).

1484. S.S. xlv. 257. William Scargill, Esq., of
LiNle Grange, says in his will, ' If God fortune
me to cum agavne' (sc. to recover).

Again, Agains, prejj. Against.
Old Engl. Jamieson.

c. 1415. 11'. ilS. Manual, Minster Library,
XV. m. 4, p. 166. ' All yat is again ye pes, or
ye rifjht.'

14^. Enrolnwnt Book, City of J'ori, B. 3,
144. Will of Sir Thos. Fulthorpe, co. Durham.
' If the said Roger . . be marictl agajTies the
will & aggrement of the said Margarete.'

fyec. XV. S..S. iii. 326. ' Amende the, man,
whils thou art here, agans thou go an othere
gate.'

. . Poem on the Trinity, by ITm. yassington,of
Vort, J/S. iitoice, 753, 33.

' In yis we aske some steght to se,
Agavne all ille vat mav be.'

1499. y^n/i- J/nuse jjcoi; viii. 4S. 'ijbillosof
coiiiplayiit . . agayn y« Maier & Citiceu.V

Againcall, rb. To call back,
revoke. Jamieson.

1442-3. -S.S. .xii. 14C. Deed about Colding-
ham. ' It sail be lefull to the said Prioure, or
his sucoessours, to revoke and agaj'iie call the
jiower.'

Againsay, rb. = To gainsay, deny.
Jamiesim.

1428-9. li'-g. i. Civ. Ebor. 256 b. 'Yf he
WiUd agaynosay tlii.s.'

Againstaind, vb. To withstand, op-
po.-^e. Old Engl.

1477-8. Drill, thdinnnc-'snf the York Weavers.
' Vf any man be olistat'lc or agaynstaiidyng our
ordinances, our aMenuan, etc., slial make,' etc.

Againward, adr. la return, or on
his return. Old Eng.

c 1465. J'liunjiloti Corr. 14. Lt from Hugh
I'lik'iiham. 'Tru.sting that by him againward
1 ^hall ha.sti-ly be a.scertiiined tlicni.f.'

Siic. XV. Drake') Kbonuum, lUI. linlt-i nf

Hbi riffs' Court. ' In the same manner
war<l.'

Agate, adv. A-going. {Jamiexon )
Brocket t Craven, Hallamshire, Cleve-
land, Whitby.
' I wot not what quaint humour now of late.
To write these numbers, set my i)en agate.'
— Poems by li. lireirly, of Grindleton, c. 1630,
p.l.

Agateward, adv. Onwards, on the
gate or road. Agaitards (Craven),
Agaterds (Hallamshire), Agaittvard
(Jamieson).

c. 1573. S.S. xxi. 239. Ebchester, co. Durham.
' The said William Hedley camcagaytward with
the said Agnes.'

1647. S.S. Ixv. 101. Ilaslrhead, W. R. Y. ' I
rid with Robert Eyre to Langsett bank agate-
ward homewards.'

Ageman, sb. One advanced in
years.

1570. S.S. xxi. 225. Xetrcastle-on- Tune.
' William Walker is an aidgemau, & broken in
labour.'

Aght', sb. Perhaps for aught, or
aughtand, eight, or eighteen. Eels
are sold in the North by number and
not by weight (J.C.A.).

c. 1400. Frost's Hull, Appr 13. 'Pro xij
aglit' aiifniillarum, etc. vij s. ij d. ob. q.'

Aght, rb. Past tense of Awe or
Owe. Old Engl. Aigh, aight, aucM
(Jamieson).

S(ec. XV. S.S. iii. 15. 'I aght the a fowlle
dispyte.'

1557. S.S. xxvi. 106. Will of Anne Nichol-
son of Kendal. 'I forgyfe Thomas Warcopp
half of the mouie y' he aght uuto my hus-
bande.'

Aglet, sb. The metal tag of a lace
(formerly called point) (M.). Fr.
aiguillette. * It Jits to an aglet ^
(Swaledale) ; aigUt (Jamieson).

1490. S.S. liii. 60. Inv. of .Mm Colon of
York. 'Pro factione ij prteduciiuu, AngUce
aglettes, liij d.'

1508. S.S. Ixiv. 330. John Preston of Ripon
leaves to 'Raufe Battye a par of sylver
agirlottcs gilted.'

1562. S.S. ii. 202. Robert, Lonl Ogle of
Buthal, leaves to Sir Robert Ughtred ' my best
velvett gowne, aud my capp w''' aglettos.'

Agill, sb. Old form of Eagle.
Cf. iS.S. liii. 259, and ix. cclxxxviii.

Agnell, sb. Lambs. From Lat.
agnelli. 'xx agnelli de exitu istius
anni.' Finchale, co. Durham, 134G-7
{S.S. vi. xxvi). Agnellatio was the
lambing time in co. Durham, 1362
{S.S. Ixxxii, 173).

c. 1538. S.S. xlvi. 167. 'Tlie tithe? of agnell
of all the pari.shioners within liexhamshire is
worthe by yere Ixvj s. viij d.'

Agnus, (i.) A coin with a lamb
stamped upon it, or (ii.) a reli>,noiis
symbol in the form of a lamb.
' Unum monile vocatum Agnus Dei '
{S.S. xxx. 4'.i).

i. 1573. S.S. xiLvi. 235. Agnes Lcavynt., o£

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ALA

Crosthwaite, Westmerlanrl, leaves 'a pece of
moiiy callyd oue agous (agnus) y' I did weare
on mv hatt.'

ii. 1412. S.S. ii. 56. Iiiv. of R. df. Kirkby,
Vicar of Gainford. 'Uiiimi par de bedes de
lambr" et unus Agnus Dei, x s.'

. . 1477. S.S. xlv. 237. Will of R. AndrctP,
Dean of Vork. ' Domino W. Plumpton, millti,
jllas reliquias quas soleo portare circa collum
meum, videlicet, unam crueem auream, et
unum Agnus Dei.' Of. S.S. xxx. 122.

. . 1490. &S.liii.60. hiv.JohnColanof York,
goldsmith. 'Pro factione j le3 Agnus Dei,
ij s. vj d. Pro auriatione ponderis ejusdem le3
Agnus, iij d.'

Agone, adv. Ago. Old Engl.

1509. Reff. iv. Parv. Dunelm. 176. 'Re-
doubted and fered not long agone.'

Agree, v. To please or content.
Old Fr. agreer (M.).

c. 1490. Plumpton Corr. 82. ' Tlie daye's
men cannot agre us, so Mr. Mydleton to make
the end.'

Agrudges, sh. Grudges, points of
difEeience.

1491. York House Book, vii. 111. 'Certeiu
matiers of varyauce, and aggruges be lately
fallen betwixt you.'

Agrudgement, sh. A difference ;
a grudge.

1487. York House Book, vi. 54. ' To pacify
yagffrugement in tliis behalve.'

Aguiler, si. A needier. Fr.

aiguille, a needle.

1296. York Freemen^ s Book. 'Robertus de
Knapton, aguiler ' free.

1353. Ihid. 'Petrus Musket, aguiler' free.

Agy, adv. Atwist, awry. Agi-e,
aglee, agley (Jamieson) ; agee (Toes-
dale, Whitby, Cleveland) ; aglee,agley
(Brockett); agee, ague (Craven).

1685. Meriton's Praise of Yorkshire Ale, etc.,
59. 'Els he'l leauk all agye when he comes
in.'

Aim, vb. To intend. Craven,
Whitby and Cleveland Gloss.

1754. Snaith Marsh (W. R. }'.). A Poi-m.
' And Roger aims e'er Ladyday to wed.'

Air, rb. To be left to grow, and
the stock taken off.

1641. S.S. xxxiij. 83. Emswell, E. R. Y.
'These closes wet. re . . ayred and kept fresh
from Muuday the 2ath of February til Mun-
day the 4th of Aprill.'

Airing, sb. Breathing, taking air
into the lungs.

c. 1700. The Yorkshire Racers : a Poem (bu
Mr. Plaxton), p. 3.
'His feeding's good, his airing's clear and

pure ;
He moves with order, and his steps are sure.'

Airish, adj. Windy, cold. Jamieson.

1641. S.S. xxxiij. 18. Emswell, E. R. Y.
' To have the sheepe ready to throwe into the
dyke betwixt 8 and 9 of the clocke ; and not
afore, because the morninges are airish.'

Aither, Ather, Awther, Ayder,
Ayther. Obsolete forms of Either.
Old Engl. Aither (Teesdale) ; ather,
auttter, ayther (Craven).

S(Pc. XV. York. Myst. Plays, 7. ' But ather
ill a kymlc fourese thairo gate's for to go.'

And id. 52, 'Yf thou fynde awdir lande or

tree.'

1412. Contract for Catterick Church. ' And
aither ele sail be made of breede of elleven
fote.'

1439. Recf. ii. Pr. & Conv. Dunelm, 102.
' The lenthe of ayther of yaim xvj fote.'

Swc.-KY. Customs, etc., of New Malton. 'It
was graunted to the bm-geses a wast of ather
syde of the town.' Cf. S.S. iii. 2, and xxi. 109 ;
Ixxix. 42.

1493. York House Book,Yii.Z9. Lr of Prior
of Bolton-in-C raven. ' He was distemperide
awther w' ale or wyne, and was irke of his
comppany.' Cf. S.S. ix. cccci. ; xxx 106.

1498-9. S.S. liii. 160. Wighill. 'To ayder
of them a silver spoue.'

1537. Survey of Bambrough Castle. Neie-
castle vol. Arch. Institute, ii. 245. 'The said
two chamberys must have two newe royffes of
balkes . . for ather of the said two cham-
berys.'

1541. S.S. xxvi. 25. Will of Thos. Lasynbe
par. Bolton-on-Swale. 'To Jorge my son, and
to Jayms my soyn, and to ader of thaym,
xl s."

Ake, sb. Old form of Oak. Old
Engl. AiJi, ayk (Jamieson) ; aik
(Teesdale) ; aak, aik (Craven) ; yak
(Whitby and Cleveland).

c. 1200. S.S. vi. 106. Softley, co. Durham.
H. Waleys gives to Fincliale Priory 'quatuor
acras terrte quje jaceut circa Cat-liol-ake ' {i.e.
a hollow oak haunted by wild cats). In the
15th cent, there was close to Pinchale a tree
called 'love-ake' {id. 118), sacred, no doubt, to
sweeter sounds.

1227. S.S. xlvi. 92. Archbp. Gray gives to
Hexham Priory a right of road ' per medium
hayaj uostrse de Ak-wod.'

i374. Reg. Civ. Ebor.A.Y.7. Near Pulford
'est communis pastura civibus Ebor. uscjue
Pele brig, citra le Abbot-ake.'

1408. Raine's North Durham, 287. Norham.
Por the carriage of ' vj f other de ake spires,'
X s.

1439. Reg. ii. Prior. Dunelm, 102 6. 'ij
trees of ake for ribbes.' Cf. S.S. xlv. 196, xxvi.
42, Ixxxi. 283.

Akenay, sb. An old form of
Hackney, or riding-horse. Cf. S.S.
xxix. 24, 76, and vi. 211.

Aketon, sb. Cf. Acton.

Alablaster, Alabaustre, etc. Ala-
baster, a kind of marble. Cf. S.S.
ix. 131. Old Fr. Alabastre (M.).
Teesdale, Craven, and Hallamshire
Gloss.

1381. S.S. iv. 114. Will of Sir Wm.
de Latimer. ' Je I'ay devise . . que mon corps
soit porte et enterre illoeques, et que la tombe
d'alabaustre q'est en le dit esglise soit surmys
come j'ay autrefois devise.'

1467. S.S. xlv. 160. Robert Este of York
leaves ' unam ymagiuem S. Job. Evang. de
white alablastre.'

1509. S.S. Ixxix. 16. Will of Sir John G'ill-
iott of York. 'I yeve to by atabill of alblaster
to tiie high awter in Saint Saviour Kirk, v
marc'

1567. S.S. Ixxxi. 344. Ripon. ' Ther is . .
reserved vj great tables of alablaster full of
imageis.'

c. 1600. Nichols' Topogr. and Genealogist, ii.
413 nescription of Clnvland. 'Within the

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ALD

sca-ninrkc, on Wilton-sldo, lyeth a rookc of
oxcdloiit plaister, cankered by tlie sailte-wnter ;
but if yt were seiirolieil in tlio fyrnie lande,
yt is probable tliat yt would prove rare
alabliister.'

Alblasterer, Alblasterman, Ayle-
blaster, Ayleblasterer. Awblaster
(Jaiuieson). Cf. Arblast. A iiiakor
of arbclests or crossbows. Fr. Lat.
AlbrUigtarius. Circa 1220. ' Robcrtus
albelastarius de Gevildale,' E. It. Y.,
gives his nativus, Wm. son of Gerard,
to Walter de Wisbeacb {Jieff. Afagn.
Alb. D. c)'- V. Ehor. iv. 37). In the York
Freemen's Book, the trade of each
person admitted is given, so that these
were not bowmen, but bowyers.

1459. FrefinnCs Book, York. WiUelmus
^Varcle, ayleblasterer. Willeliuus Cowelrygge,
aylelihister.

1463. /(/. Johannes Roper, alblasterer.

1464. /(/. Johannes Aylde, alblasterer.
1489. /(/. Thomas Roper, alblasterman.

Alacking^, jjres. j^plc. Missing,
wanting.

1609. S.S. Ixsxiv. 60. Pittimjton, co. Durham.
* To Robert Gibson for gitting of a weatberthat
was alacking iij d.'

Alane, adj. Distinct. Old Engl.
Jamu'son, Erockett, Teesdule, and
Craven Gloss.

1357. Metrical Catechism of Archbp. Thoresby
at York. ' Halikirk our modir is haly and
allani" tliurgh oute the world.' Cf. <S'."S. iii. 272.

Alanely, Alonely, adv. Only.
Allanirly (Jamieson).

1357. Metrical Catechism of Archbp. Thoresby
at York. ' Ne alanely in traist of our gode
dedis.'

1417. Reg. i. Civ. Ebor. 69 a. ' Y« na man
of y» gyrdeler-crafte passe oute of yiscitieunto
na market, but alanely unto cried, open faires.'

1446. .S..b'. ix. cclxxxiii. Durham. ' 1 lete
never other man have knawledge tliereof bod
him in grett councell allonly.'

1455. York Enrolment Book, B.Y. la. Will
of Sir Thos. Fulthorp, co. Durham. ' I will
that he have . . alonely the profettes and
revenues,' etc.

Siec. XV. Customs of Buri/esses of Malton. ' It
is usyd y' noo man y' holdes of thame schall
haffe noo cowrte bot alonly y« burgese
cowrte.'

1533. York House Book, sii. 17. ' Alonly to
do as uii' Lord Mayer . . useth & doth.'

Alarum, sb. An alarm, summons
to arms. Old Fr. alarme (M.).

1566. Guild Book, Beririck-on-Twivd, ii. 123.
'At the laste aUirum beinge witliin thistowne,
Mr Jackson, witli others, cam not dewtyfidlie
to accompanie Mr Mayor.'

1591. Book of I'resentments, [bid. 'Wctlnnk
it fitt tliat when any allanuu or affray doth
rise in the night, tliat every one ouglit "to .sett
a light in their windowes for the better pas-
sage of men to their charge.'

1599. .S..S. xvii. 117. Lr to Archbp. llutlon.
' You cannot but here what alarams we have
hart, and yet have, of the Spanyerds approcli-
ing.'

r. IPQO. SichoW Topngr. and O-'iu-iilonitl, ii.
417. Diwiption of Clepelnnd. •Ontheouter-

mostc rocke one greate scale or more kcopes
sentynell, wliicli.upon the tirst inklinge of any
danger, pivetli the alarum to the reste.'

1655. Treatise of the Four Last Things, by
Simon Hirckl>ek of (IUUikj near Itichmond,
12.3. ' Tliey fear no colours, no alarums, no
beating up of quarters : it is a kingdom of
peace.'

Alate, adv. Of late. Alait
(Craven).

Ib56. York House nook,xx.\\. 34. 'We ever
have boyii accustomyd to liave withoute any
mano's denyer unto now alate.'

Alaying, sb. Putting fresh metal
to an instrument. 'I he vb. Laij is
now used in the North in the same
sense.

1409-10. Roll for nuihling the Cloi.^ters at
Durham. ' i'ro alayng seoiu'ium, chy sells,
wegpes, etc'

Albe, oonj. = Albeit.

Siec. XV. York Miistery I'luys, 2. ' AUbe at
ones erthc haly &, hcUe.'

Alcomy, sb. Alkamye (Prompt.
Parv.). Alchemy. A mixed metal —
supposed to be produced by alchemy.
Aceomie, accumie (Jamieson).

1631. Jnv. at Snaith, iV. R. Y. 'v silver
spoones, a dozen tin spoones, a pewter basin, <fc
ij aliuim.v spoones, j 1. ij s.'

1641. 'inv. of Matt. Ralhmell of Barton, Rich-
mond Wills, etc. ' One bason & ewer of
alcomve.'

Aid, adj. Early form of Old ;
■common in the North. Old Engl.
Jamieson.

1429. S.S. xii. 104. Durham. ' Wyth thar
reghtewyse and aide bouudes als ther charters
shewys.'

1433. Enrolment Bk., City of York, B. Y. 125.
' We may be so demened yat we may contynue
furth in our aid possession.' Cf. S.S. xxxv.
299.

1491. S.S. xiix. 12. Jarrow, co. Durham.
' xij dublers novae, xiij dublers aide.'

c. 1530. Arch. ..El. n. s. i. 89. Survey of Ber-
trick-on-Tireeil. 'Of the same part is the dis-
taunoe of v^-' ycrdosof aid wawll.'

Aldermanship, sb. The office of
alderman.

1499. York House Book, viii. 42. ' Mr Scot-
ton, late alderman, hath discharged hymsclf of
aldermanship.'

1634. Jd. xxxv. 258. ' If he will give over his
alderni!inship|), the citty will allow him fortie
markcs per ann.'

Alderwoman, sb. The wife of an
alderman.

1587. Feb. 1. ff. Trin. Church, Hull, J'. A".
Elizabeth Dalton, alderwoman, bur.

1668. Dec. 2'J, Jbid. Mrs. Priscilla Liudloy,
aldirwdnian, bur.

Aldress, sb. The wife of an alder-
man.
1607-8. Reg. Ebor. Will qf John Bramhall

of I'ontefract, Alderman. 'To be buried in tlie
middle alley within the churche of .\llliall<iwes
in P. under the greate blewe through, at the
end of tlie Maior's & Aldresses' suill.'

1630-1, Jan. 22. Doncaster J\ir. Reg. ' Mrs.
Jane Barwicke, aldores.se, bur.'

1701-2, Mar. 4. Holy Trin., Hull. far. R-y.
'AWre.ss Anne Bloom, vid*, bur.'

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1715-14, Jau 19. J>eds. Tfioresbg's Diary,
ii. 180. ' Madam Nevill was this day buried
with great state ; yesterday also was aiuither
aldress (Mrs Armitage) interred' (at Leeds).

Ale, sb. A merry meeting, often
beginning with business of some kind.
Old Kngl. Broekett.

1595. Eccl. Proc. i'ork (Manchester). ' John
Grene made an ale upon Sonday the SS"" of
May last, where was greate fighting & dis-
order.'

1647. S.S. Ixv. 40. Hazlehead, W. R. York.
' This morue I went to Shorehall, and so ... to
bid guests to an ale to Catchaw.'

Ale-draper, si. A publican or
alehouse-keeper. Wliitby and Cleve-
land Gloss. Common in York in the
last century.

1735. May 7. 'John, the son of William
Slack, aledraper, bur.' (Doncaster Par. R'g.)

Ale-finer, si. An official ex-
aminer of ale.

1581. Court of Earl of Shrewsbury for Selhy.
' In paine y' the brewsters doe sende for the ale
fyners before y« tyme, iij s. iiij d.'

Ale-grave, si. = Ale-taster, Ale-
liner, and Ale-conner.

1479. S.S. xlvi. 73. At Salton, in Ryedale,
the Prior of Hexham 'eliget ale-graves, watere-
graves, et iiij juratos.'

Ale-knight, si. A haunter of ale-
houses, a drunkard.

1575. Eccl. Proc. at York from Chester. The
Vicar of Whalley is charged with being ' a
common drinker and ale-knight.'

Ale-rod, si. A pole or sign for
selling ale. Ale-pole in ' Phil. Dicf.'

1613. N. Riding Record Soc. ii. 31. At Maltou
a woman is presented 'for cominge forth of
her house with a pitchforke and beating awaie
a man that was cutting down her ale-rodd.'

Ale-stand, si. A rack or frame on
which the casks of ale or beer lay
when they were in use, or abroach.
In the Finchale Inv., in 1411, there
were ' v pipje pro servisia, ij cadi, et
ij stands' {S.S. vi. clvi).

1562. S.S. xxvi. 168. Inv. of Joan Wycliffe of
Richmond. ' j ale stand j d.'

Ale-taster, si. An examiner or
taster of ale. Gustator cerevisife.
Brocliett.

1368. H.S. Ixxxii. 68. Cotcpen, co. Durham.
' Johannes Pulter et Rob. Fauis electi sunt
pro tastatoribus ccryisije.'

Swc. XV. Customs of the Burgesses of Malton.
'It is usyd y' the sayd Burgese schall chese iu
y co\\Tte two ale tastars, y" qwhyche two
tastars, w' j sub ballyfl'e, schall taste the ale of
all common Brewers every weke. And j-ai
fynde any ale not sufEciant for j peny a galon,
than y= sayd tagturs schall sett it at iij
farthynges j galon. And iff so be y' brewers
wyll sell it abown y' price, they schall be
amersyd, and \ >= ale schall be forfett.'

1518-19. Yo'rk House Book, is. 99. 'It is
enacted ther shalbee too ayle-taisterssworuein
every parishe. llie brewsters shall send fortlie
seid a.\ letaistors to take a taste of tlier ayl at
tiie tyme of the tuiuiyng of the s;ime.'

1G31. DKrliugtoii Biirough Book. Lowjitmh'i

Darin, 287. ' We ly a paine that the searchers
of aile taisters . . shall taiste ayle & beare cvry
monneth & that they present the offender
that kepeth not the true assyse of ale & beare.*

Algate, Algates, adv. Always,
everywhere. Jamieson and Brocliett.

S(.ec. XV. S.S. iii. 12. 'Syn that we shalle
algates go.'

Id. 228. ' Thou wold alle gaytt be kyng of
Jues.'

Aliaunt, si. Old form of Alien.
Alienigena {Reg. Ebor. A. y. 60, siec.
XV.). Old Fr. alien (M.).

1594. York Barber Surgeons'' Book, in Br.
Museum. ' AH aliauntes and straungers . . to
be contributorie to the companie, yearlie,
vj s. viij d.'

Alicant, si. Wine made at Alicante
in Spain (M.).

1620. .S'.S'. Ixviij. 138. Ld William Howard's
Accoiint Book. ' v pintes of AUgant, ij s. vj d.'

Alicer, si. Alegar = Ale-aigre, or
sour (M.). Alegar is to ale, what
vinegar is to wine (Leicestersh. Gloss ).
A kind of vinegar made out of sour
ale.

1680. Inv. Snaith, W. R. T. 'A flaskitt
with ij vessels full of alicer, j 1. iij s. iiij d.'

Alie, si. Old form of Ally. Old
Fr. alter ; Lat. alligare (M.). Alliance
or connection, probably through mar-
riage.

1481. York House Book, ii. 25. ' The said
WilUam Brown was nather of aUe, ne of blode
to eny Scotishman.'

Alinger, si. A forme of Alnager.
Old Fr. aulnegeor (M.). An officer to
examine into the quality, make, etc.,
of woollen goods. It was his duty to
seal them. Some of these seals have
been found in York. Of. N. R. Record
Soc. iv. 73.

1614-15. York House Book, xxxiv. 49. A
letter from London says that 'two commissions
have been gi'aunted unto the Duke of Linox,
makeiug hym generaU alinger of England.'

Alisaunder, Alexander, adj. Alex-
andrine, or Alexandrian work. A
species of striped silk(M.) of different
colours, and common in England in
the 15th and 16th centuries. It was,
I believe, very stout in substance.

1392. <S..S'. iv. 174. York. ' Lego dim. pocias
burd Alysaunder ad ornationem summi altaris
eccl. mese parochialis. (Jf. id. 251, and xxx.
34.

1401. Status domus de Holy Island. ' Item
j casula cum all)a et paruris de burd-Alisander,
per Dominum Eobertum Claxton.'

1448. S.S. xlv. 110. /«». of Thos. Morton,
Canon of York. ' De j vestimento de burde
Alvsaundrc, viridis coloris, v s.'

1457. Status domus de Fame, 'j casula de
burd-Alexaniler ex dono Johannis OU.'

c. 1460. y</. 1G3. Sewerby. 'De j vestimoiitg
pro sacerdote de rubio bourd Alexandre,
vj s. viij d.'

1543. .S'..S'. xxxv. 282. Vork Minster. ' One
vestment of read Alixunder ; one vestment of

APPENDIX.

89

ALK

ALL

>rroiic Alixniuler witli Uowers ; one Imiitrtna
afufc til' iilUT, of Alixaiiiler.'

Alkyn, adj. All kinds of. Old Engl.
Allhiin, alkijn (Janueson).

1357. Archhp. Thon-fhii'f Catechism. ' Al-
kyiis mysbflcves niul al mawmctrics.'

Siec. XV. Vork Muntery I'lays, 493. 'Here
scliall thou alkyiinc solas see.'

^vc. .w. .SJs. iii. 125. 'In tokyn that he
kynpr schrtlbc of alkyn tliyng.'

' Sifc. XV. I'oem on the 'Trinitil, by Wm. iVrt»-
siiKjton of Yoil: MS. Slotee, 763, 33. 'For
alkyn g^ulc yat may be'

AUam, AUom, Allum, sh. Alum,
the mineral. (.>ld Fr. alum ; Lat.
alunu'ii (M.). Alum is found in large
quantities on the coast of Cleveland,
and there is a curious account of the
working of it at Whitby in Simpson's
Hydrotogical Essays, 8vo. 1670, pp.
6.5 75. It was sold by the cwt.
Foul alum is alum with its impurities ;
rock or roche alum is alum which has
pa.ssed through the roaching-pan and
is thereby purified.

1570. i'.S. ii. 338. Inv. Bertram Anderson
of y.C. ' One punslieii of allame, vj 1. x s.
Halfe a barrell of allame, xxv s.'

1571. Id. 364. Inv. John Wilkinson of N.C.
' j c. and A a qr. of fewUl allom, ij li. ij. doss,
lb. of rocke aUom, viij s. Cf. Id. 414, 436, and
x.xxviU. 120.

1578. S.S. xxvi. 280. Inv. Ja.t. Backhouse of
Kendal. ' AUom, half a huudixth, xiij s.'

Allamer, sh.

1467. li'V- Test. Ehor. iv. 43. WiU of Alice
LiiijJTwatli of York. ' AliciaeBrauuce j aUamer
ij l:iL.'eniinini, j iielvem.'

Allam-ledder, sb. Leather pre-
pared with alum.

1566. S.S. ii. 2G4. Inv. Rilph Bouman of
Durham. ' For allam ledder, xx s.'

Allegeance, sb. The allegations,
or things alleged. Old Fr. aUgance
(M.) ; Lat. allegatio. Cf. Reg. Civ.
Ehor. A. y. 271, saec. xv.

Site. .TV. liey. Civ. Ehor. A. Y. 277 6. 'When
thay had lang tyme tretyd iu this niatur in-
difforentcly, <fe herd and understand the
alliL'Pance and evidence of Imthe sydes.'

Allegeance, sb. Alleviation. Old
Fr. akgeancc (M.).

1357. Archhp. Thoreshy's Catechism. 'In
Ughtencs and alcgcaunce of thair sekcnesse.'

AUegement, sb. An allegation.

1490. M<irehouse's Kirkhtirtrm, W. It. }'.,
p. (>2. ' Th'allegeaments & records of both
y« said parties to tlie same herd it by gud
di'lil>oracion clerlie understand.'

1516. I'liiniptoH Corr. 217. 'I made alcdg-
incnt fur vonr mastership.'

Aileri sb. The alder. Old Engl.
iilor, aler (M.). Eller is another
Northern form (cf. S.S. xxxviii. 158,
and Siuiith Inr.). Jirocltett, and
Turiier^i Herbal (^E. E. D. <•>'.), xxxiv.
10.

1365. ''•'..S. Ixxxii. 15. Haihloii. near Dur-
ham. ' I'nufeiitiuu est uttuchiurc Xlio. Nout-

hird . . de Ix arlwribus, vocatis allers, per
ipsuni exeori.satis.'

1528. Hiirlees' Durham, ii. 137. Cardinal
Wol.sey leases ' ciuercos, allers, et subboscum ' at
Clicster-le-Street, co. Durham.

1542. tSurvey of the linrders, Caligula B. 8.
The Cheviots. On the siiles of tlie streams
' tliere growy th many allers, and other rauunell
wood.'

1615-16. Eccl. Proc. Durham, Medomsley.
He 'did buye scaveu score birk trees and
allers.'

Allers, adj. All, all of us. Allcr
(Jainiesoti).

1506-7. lieff. iv. Parv. Pr. «t Conv. Durham.
Lr from the Prior to the King. 'Mybretliiru

and I, witli our allers consent, ^^Tote,' etc.

AUettys, sb. The French ailette.
' A steel plate worn by men-at-arms
on their shoulders ' (M.).

1314. Reg. Paint. Dunelm. ii. 674. Inv. Sir
John Marnwduk. 'Item j gauubeson cum
allettys, pretii liij s. iiij cl.' Cf. S.S. ii. 18.

Alley, sb. i. The ala, or aisle, of a
church, ii. An alley or passage.
Common. Lat. ala, aula, or insula.
Old Fr. alee. HallamsMre Gloss.

i. 1358. Reg. Thoreshyal York. Tlie Archbp.
allows Sir Roliert Hilton of Swine 'adanimas
Matildre et Margeriit", filiarum suarum, iu
posteriori parte porticus, sive aula;, S. Trin. in
eccl. par. de Swyna sepultarnm, in loco
eminenciori et denotiori dicti porticus sive aliE,
in quo quidem loco idem miles iuteudit sepeliri,
. . transfereudum."

ii. 1495-6. S.S. liii. 274. Robt. Hancock,
par. S. Mich., York, desires to be bur. ' in le alia,
ex parte boriali.'

. . 1512. S.S. Ixxis. 37. Jane Harper of York
desires ' to be buried iu the midd alye, at my
stale end.'

. . 1558. York Registry. John Parkin de.siros
to be buried at Fishlake'in the north alley,
wliere liest roome mav be had.'

. . 1565. -S.,S. xxvi." 180. Richard Binks of
Richmond desires burial 'in the mydde allie,
before the quere dore.'

. . c. 1590. S.S. XV. 32. Durham Calh. ' In
the north allei from tlie north church dor to tlic
owse allei in the myds of the church, called the
Lantrcn alley, where the Lantreii standetli.'

All-fulness, sb. The power to fill
all.

1658. James Fisher <if Sheffield, ' The Wise
Virgin,' ithed., Introd. 'Oh what happine.s.sc
for a poor soul to lose itself in the all-fuluesse of
Christ.'

AU-hallow-mass, sb. All Saint.s
Day. Old Engl.

1503. Plump/'in Corr. 'In the wckc next
afore Alhallowniase.'

1552. York City House Book, sx. 105. ' Before
the fest of AU-halow-mas next.'

Allhallowtide, sb. The season of
All Saints. Old Engl.

1511-12. Sorthumhd Household Book, ed.
Xicolas, 8. ' The fyrst paymentt at All Hallow
tide.'

1609. iV. R. R>cord Soc. i. 1C7. .Mutton.
' The pension for Captayue Wood be paid before
Alhallow-tyde.'

1641. *•..*<. xxxiii. 146. Ehmtrell, K. Ii. Y.
' They come to worke alnuit Ailhallow tide ;

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ALL

ALM

by that time they can well see aboute them in
the morniuge.'

Alliance, sb. Ally, kinsman. Old
Fr. aliance.

1498-9. S.S. Uli. 162. Will of Rob. Hirste of
Lif (If. ' To Margaret Jopis, my alyance, for hir
good service, v marke.'

1536-7. Rfff. Lee, Ehor. Will of Sir Wm.
Gurnell of Full Sutton, ' To Thos. Hugaite, my
allvauuce, mv best doublet.'

1538. Rfij. Test. Ebor. xi. 287. Henry Wotton
of Barnsley leaves 'to Eleii Waller, my wyfe
alliance, v merces.'

AU-if, cnnj. Although.

Scec. XV. York Miracle Plays, 41. 'All-yf
thou can litill skiU.'

AlloTV, vb. To judge, or reckon.
Old Fr. alouer (M.).

c. 1460. ,S'.,S'. iti. 15. ' If thou teynd fals, thou
bese alowed ther-after als.'

Allo'wance, sb. Old Fr. alonanee.
Lat. allocatio. i. Generally a deduc-
tion from an Accompt, sometimes by
reason of some particular out -payment,
or arrear, sometimes as a remuneration
of the Accomptant. This also took
the form of food and drink, and in
this sense the word still obtains.
Also rejDayment. ii. A grant.

i. c. 1490. Rlumpton Corr. 68. Lr from
the Cellarer of Seiibrough. ' Robart G-oles
brought with liim a byU of alowauce for Ayktou
Kilue.'

c. 1524. Churchwardens' Books, St. Michael's
Spurriergate, York. ' We aske alowans that we
haife laide dowue abowyth the reporacious of
the kirke ' {i.e. repayment).

Id. 1594. 'Paid for our alowauuce at our
coumpte makiuge upe, iij s. iiij d.'

1536. .S'..S'. Ixixi. 15. Ripon. 'Sum of the
allowance x s. iiij d., and so remanyth liiij 11.
xxj d.'

1567. S.S. xvi. 211. Inv. of Geo. Neville of
Well. 'The curet of Spofforth, for his half
yeare's wagis & allowans for gathering and
leading of t\-the, xiij li.'

1583. S.S. xiv. 421. Lr from Sir R. Bowes.
' I am driven both to lend good sums of money,
and also to give more rewards than I can csdl
for allowance ' (i.e. repajTneut).

ii. c. 1600. NichoVs Topogr. and GeTiealogist,
ii. 406. Description of Gisbro' Priory. 'Twoe
gateliouses had lodgings, & all houses of offyces
aperteyuiuge to a dwelleinge house, whereof
twoe of the Bulmers, knights, . . were porters,
havinge allowance, when they came, of a
plentifull dyet at ej-ther gate, to entei-teyne
strangers, & of many horses in wynter in the
stable, as in sommer at grasse.'

Allyment, sb. The element, or air.

1569. S.S. xxi. 192. Sedgefield, co. Durham.
' Se the dyveU domines [another witness says,
'Homilies'] fie into the allyment.' The Church-
books were being burned.

Aim, sb. The elm tree. Aum
(^Brockett, Teesdale, and Crcuven
Gloss.).

1602. York Reg., D. and C. Inv. Tlios. Haxwell
of York leaves ' j alme bowe, etc., v s. x d.'

1669. Diary of J. Swale of Askham, near
Yiirk. ' saw awm tree, mell head, & stile.'

Almaine, *•//. A German Old Fr.
Alcinait (i\l.).

1582. S.S. xiv. 218. Lr from Sir R. Bowes.
' The Englishman sent by Malveysier to the
Duke remaineth still with him, pretending to
bean Ahnaiue.'

Almaine-Reitter, sb. A German
rider or horse-soldier.

1582. S.S. xiv. 390. Lr from Sir R. Bowes.
' Theii- foreign horsemen shall be AUmen Reis-
ters, and take shipping at Hambirrgh.'

Almaine-rivets, sb. Armour for the
b )dy composed of splints rivetted to-
gether, from Alemaigne, or Germany.

1532. Raine's North Durham, 296. Norham
Castle. ' For cleaning ciij Almayne reyvetts,
XX d.'

1533. S.S. xviii. 139. Durham. ' Pro muu-
dacione v Almiyne reyvetts, xx d.'

1538. Surrey of Alnwick Castle. Newcastle
Vol. of Arch. Inst. ii. 177. Turst, xij score &
foure payre of Almeu ry vetts, & as many payre
of splenttes.'

1574. S.S. xxvi. 246. Inv. of Roger Burgh,
par. Catterick, N. R. Y. ' One corslet, and one
Almane rivet, with the rest of Ms harnes, v li.'

Almery, Amber, Ambry, Aumbry,
Awmry. Old Fr. almaire. Lat.
almarioluvi. There was at Wear-
mouth in 1321 ' j almariolum" {S.S.
xxix. liO). ' Pro j almariolo pro
libris imponendis,' 1329 {Norham
CMirch Rull). In S.S. ix. ccccxlv, is
the bill for making an almariolum in
the Cloisters of Durham in 143B.
The books at Durham were kppt in a
' commune almariolum ' ((S./S. vii. 212),
described in S.S. xv. 71. The walls
of Archbp. Zouche's chapel at York
are still lined with ancient almeries,
containing records.

The word ' Almery ' is somewhat
wide in its meaning, running from a
large standing case of wood to a case
let into a wall (a locker), a box, and
even a rabbit-hutch. Ambry and
aumbry (Brockett), aumry (Craven),
alitwrie, ambry, aiimery (Jamieson).

1371. Accompt Roll, Vicars Choral, York.
' In j clave pro halmery in capella, iij d.'

c. 1440. S.S. xiv. 99. Inv. of John Cadeby of
Beverley. ' j almary vetus cum tribus stadiis
[three stages high], ij s.'

1567-8. S.S. XXXV. 113. York Minster. ' To
Edmoude Dacres for iij dayes worke bestowed
aboute tayking downe certevne almeryes.'

1567. S.S. ii. 250. Inv. EHz. Button of Ilun-
tcick, CO. Durham. ' An almerye with iiij doores
& ij shootts, xiij s. iiij d.'

1570. S.S. ii. 334. Im: of Wm. Dagg of Gates-
head. ' j ambry, & a drinke ambry [for hold-
ing wine and beer], viij s.'

1572-3. Durham Registry. Will of Eliz. Som-
mer. ' An alnicrie wliich was for keeping of
conies' (a i-abbit-hutch).

c. 1590. <S'..S'. XV. 2. Rites of Durham. 'Severall
lockers or ambers for the safe keepinge of the
vestments and ornaments belongiiige to every
altar ; with tliree or four amryes in the wall
]iertaining to some of the said altars, for tlie
same use & purjiose.'

/'/. 68-9 r(. • Witliin the Frater-housedour there

APPENDIX.

91

ALH

is n stronp amlirio in tlio stone wall, where a
prt'iit nmzor, (•ftllc<l the Orace-cnp did stjind . .
nnil 11 liiii' work of onrvod wiiinscot before it,
ami a strontr l<H'k, yet so as none could prr-
ci-ivo that there wasanj' auibrle at all, for the
key hole was under the carveil work of the
wainscot.' The plate and linen were also in
olmeries, and the books (G7, 71 ).

c. 1600. iXichols' Topoiji: and Oeifalorrist, ii.
421. Ihscriplii'ii of Clftfliiiid. 'The place . .
ma,\ well be called the Aunibrey of nature, for
many of those raretyes which are dispersed in
sondrye other storehouses of severall country e.s,
are here compasseil iu a lyttle circuyte of
gnnnule.'

1686. O. Mentm'i Forms, 44.
' I laid uni here under the awmry seal.'

Almightful, adj. Almighty.

.s.ic.w. iorH- MiracI,- Plnys, 175. 'Allmight-
fidl lordc, ".Tcte is thi grace.'

Altnons, sh = Almonds. Cf. S.S.
ii. 4\n ; xxvi. 275.

Almosner, sh. Almoner. Lat.
elemoninarivs (S.S. xxi. 13). Almaser,
almoseir, almouit.fer (Jamieson). Cf.
Aumry and Aumener.

1499. I'ork Cifij /lons>/ioof:,vni.i2. 'Thomas
Wentworth. servaunt to y« kyiige's almosner,'
is mentioned.

Ibli. Arch. .'El. n.s. v. 179. Ir from liP of
Durham. 'Maister almosner, this victory was
the most honorable.'

Alms, Almes, Almose, Almous,
Almus, sb. Alms. Old Kiigl. alnujuge
(M.). hat. elemosina. Almons, almous,
almoH's, awmuiis (Jamieson). Aivmus
(Brockett). Aumus (Whitby). Om-
mvs, awmous, or atvmus (Cleveland).
Ammis (Mid Yks. and East Yks.).
Aivmus (Craven and Holderness).
Atcmoss (Thoresby).

1429. .S'..S'. ii. 78. 117// of Roger Thornton of
A'lii-caill''. ' To every hows of almouse ordey net
for l)Cilrvdens in Newecastle, j marc'

1444. ks. XXX. 105. John Aldwyk of UuU
leaves lands, etc., ' iu almose for the saules of
my father,' etc.

*'<Fc. XV. Nassington's Poem on the Trinity,
MS. Stou-e, 753, 159. ' Tare fore ye wyse man
biddes us be mercyable to do almous.'

1477. Plumplon Corr. 35. ' He wolrl labor
their deliverance for almes, not takeing a
penny.'

1515. S.S. Ixxbc 68. Will of S. Elm of
liolton-in-Bolland. ' What remaynes I put to
the (frettcst almouse that they can thvnkc'

1646. .S..S-. xl. 6. Hfitonstun,».R.'Y. 'Sliee
touM her shee had given her a good almes of
wooU before . . but did give her an almes of
milke.'

Alms-bed, sh. A bed for a poor
person, generally in an almshouse.
Sometimes called a ' God's bed.' Cf.
S.S. Ivii. '272; Ixxix. 21, 26; xxvi.
172.

Alms-dish, sb. Cf . S.S. iv. 1 1 4.

Alms-house, sb. Cf. Jirand's
A'rirc.-on-Ti/ne, i. G42 ; /S'.<S'. Ixxix. 2t! ;
xxxviii. 102; and Visitatioti Articlis
of Up. XcUf of JJiirhaiii, Ito. I^und.
i»i27.

Alms-man, sb. Cf. ^'..S'. ii. 308;
xxii. t'.\xiii.; Aichols' Topofjr. and

Ooicdliu/ist, ii. 401).

Alms-woman, sh. A woman in
rec(;ij)t of alms.

0. 1490. Reg. Civ. Ebor. A. Y. 366. ' Unto
the tynie the . . fee ferme werr unto the said
ahiuis women fully content and paid.*

Alne, sb. The meaning here is
sheeting made of linen, spun at Alne,
near Easingwold, an estate hcdonging
to tlie treasurer of York Minster.

1393. U.S. iv. 170. H'(7/ of John de Clifford,
treasurer of York Minslrr. ' Volo (pioil domi-
nus .Toll. Rodnes habeat . . unum par lyn-
thiamiuum dc panno de Alne.'

Along, adi'. Lengthwise. Old
Engl, aiid-lang (M.).

1677. Breirhfs Bundle of . . . Truths, 34.
GrindUton-in-C raven. ' Jove lyes along, even
like to dye.'

Alongst, prep. Alongside of. See
Along.

1583. Lib. Recept. Civ. Ebor. p. 90. At
Steeton, near York, ' jacente juxta, Anglic6
alongst, le howe.'

1587. US. Survey of Bencick-on-Tweed,
Titus F. xiii. 269. 'The oulde walles of the
towne ft-om the castell-bridge alongeste the
wvuilinvUc liole . . xvij fotc.'

"1611-2. York House Book, xxxiii. 253. ' —
Harlaud, tiler, shall cause tljc paveinge along-
hest his wall to be maidc levill.'

Alour, Ailour, Alouring, sb. Lat.

alura ; Old Fr. aleurc. A passage on
the roof behind the parapet walls or
battlements, or in the clerestory', etc.,
inside the church, or on the floor of
the church itself.

1379-80. -S.&lxxxi. 101. Ripon Minster. 'In
vij panellisvitreis . . in aliu'a superiore emcnd-
andis, iij d.'

1394. S.S. iv. 197. John de Quenby desires
to be bur. in St. Helen's, Aldwark, ' in alura
inter fontem et introitum chori.'

1398. S.S. ix. clxxxi. Contract for building
the Dormitory at Durham. ' Desuper historiam
fenestranun erunt honesta alours et bretes-
montes batellata et kirnellata.' Cf. id.
cl.xxxviii, ' ailoiirs et breti.ssementa.'

1412. Contract for building Catterick Church.
' He sail make a tranche botras rising unto the
tabill y' sail bere tlie aloring.' "The hight of
tlie walles of tlie quere sail be aboue the
grounde twenty fote, with an aluryng abowne,
that is to .say with a course of a.schelere & a
course of creste.' ' The ele sail be alourde
accordant to the quere.'

1413-14. Fabric Roll of Selby .Abbey. 'In
servicio j hominis muudantis aluras ecclesite,
claustri, etc. per ann. ..vs.'

Alow, pj-ep. Below. Old Engl.
Alaii/h, aloic (Jamieson).

1505. (luild Book of B'-ririck-on-Tireed, i. 3.
' No man, liawyn malveze\' to sell him, shall
rctayll alow xvj d. the galon.'

AIs, adr. and co/ij. As, relative or
conjunctive. With antecedent Also.
Alse, AIs (M.). Old Kng. t^ommon.

1357. Archlip. Thor,sl>y's iat'-chism. '.Ms
that a gret clerk sliewch in his boke." Cf. iS'.i;.

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APPENDIX.

ALS

iv. 186 ; xxiv. 91-2 ; xxx. 17G ; ami North
Darbam, 210, etc. etc.

Alslong, adv. As long.

1528. S.iS. ixxix. 265. Will of John Rose of
Nottingham. ' Alslong as the said mouey will
or shall suffice.'

Als-mekyll. As much. Old Engl.
Alsmekle (Jamieson).

c. 1425. North Durham, 210. Norhamshire.
' For alsmykyl als he uys mo3t gilty of ye said
deth.'

1442. Will of Wm. Babthorpe. Hist, of
Ileminghrough, 177. In als mekyll as yn theem
ys.'

1450. Reg. it. Parv. Pr. & Conv. Durham.
Lr to Sir R. Ogle. 'For alsmykill as I am
enformed,' etc.

1454. S.S. xxx. 176. Will of R. Constable of
Bossall, N. R. Y. ' For alsmekyU as I garte
seese Codirston lande.'

1466. Hampsthwaite. Yks. Arch. Journal,
u. 92. 'For alsmekyll as hitt lay upon his
ground.'

Swc. XV. Poem hy Wm. Nassington of Yo7'k,
MS. Stowe, 733, f. 48 b.

' In als mykcll als hys wylle to gan,
He es slaer of yat man.'

Alsome, a. A word of doubtful
meaning.

1535. Reg. Test. Ebor. xi. 233. Nicholas
Bellamy of East Markham leaves ' a paire of
alsome sheites.'

Alsoon, Assoon, adv. As soon.
Ahone (Jamieson).

1454. Domesday Book. D. & C. York,\Z2.
Deed of the Prior of Pontefract. ' To be paid
als sone as sufflciente surtee is maid.'

1470. S.S. xlv. 186. Nottingham. They ' to
do a messe on the morowe aftyr, alsone as they
shall mowe.'

1527-8. &.S. Ixxix. 237. Will of John Gerves
of Hornsey, E. R. Y. 'Als sowne after my
beriall, as can be possible.'

Alswa, Als'way, adv. Also. Old
Engl, alsmd. Alsua (Jamieson).

e. 1370. S.S. XXXV. 181. York Minster.
' Yai may dyne byfore none, yf yai wille, and,
alswa, ette atte none.'

Stec. XV. S.S. iii. 186. 'Oure lantarnes
take with us alsway.'

Soec. XV. Poem by Wm. Nassington of York,
MS. Stowe, 753, 37.

' Ye seconde thyng es drede alswa.'

1442-3. S.S. xii. 146. Durham. ' The fee of
the said office, and alsua other fife marc'

Altarstone, sh. i. Probably a por-
table altar, ii. The large altar-stone
with five crosses on it.

1558. S.S. xxvi. 122. Jnv. of Anne Ducket
of Grayrigg, Kendal. 'A Messell and veste-
ments, witli aulter stoyne, vj s.

1677. Acct. Book of R. Walmesley of Selby
and Dnnkenhal'/h. ' For an altar-stone, 5 s.'

ii. 1569. S.S. xxi. 139. Durham. 'The
said Robert & Henry did . . gett both the
alter stones, the one on Mr. Swyfft backsyd,
and the otlicr was hedd in the century garth
under mocli mettall.'

Alterage, sh. Alteragium. Aul-
trages, aulterage (Jamieson). An
ecclesiastical due, probably for the
riiaintcnance of tlie clergy. At
J arrow and Wearmoutli it seems to

have been collected in Lent, and, once,
at Wearmouth, in 1431, it is called
the 'alteragium lanae et lini' {S.S.
xxix. 198), as if the special charge
had been laid upon the wool and flax,
or perhaps the due was taken in kind.
So at Pateleybridge, where much
cloth was made, there was an ' altera-
gium panni " due to the church of
Ripon {S.S. Ixxsi. 227, 230, etc., and
xii. xxvi).

' Alteragia dicuntur oblationes iu pane ac
pecunia, vel aliis minutis decimis. Decimaj
vero miuutse consistunt in lana, lino, lacte,
caseis et aguis, etiam iu partu animalium ut
pullis, ovis, et decimis ortorum.' From fly-
leaf of Domesday Book, D. & C. York, \bth. cent.

1536. /S.<Si. Ixxxi. 25. The crown receives,
witli other things, ' the tythe coruej and hay
of tlie towne of Repon, with the alterage of
Pateley brigges.'

Alumpning, sh. Illuminating.
Lat. alunqmiacio {S.S. xxxv. 132).

1495. /S'..S'. xxx:v. 130. Chamberlain's Roll,
York Minster. ' Pro alumpnyug trium gra-
dalium, xl s.'

Alve, Awe, sh. One of the float-
boards of an undershot water-wheel,
on which the water acts (M.).

1413-14. Accompt Roll of Selby Abbey. ' In
servicio Joh. de Osgodby facieutis xxxiiij alves
pro molendinis, iiij d.'

1503. Reg. Test. Ebor. vi. 83 a. Wm. Wriglit
of Malton desires his ex''^ to build a now mill at
Butterwick and his sons are to repair it except
' le3 cogges, spyndyll, awes & le3 tryndyll.'

1532-3. Reg.'of Leases, D. & C. York,i. 53 6.
Otley Mills. ' Reparacions . . cogges, spendels,
& alves exoejjted.'

Alver, sh. (?) A pocket, from
alvareus (Lat.).

1349. .S'.,S'. ii. 19. Inv. of John FitzMarma-
duke. Lord of Horden. 'j alver xii d. j bursa
viij d.'

1351. S.S. ii. 64. Will of T. de Hoton, Rector
of Kirkby Misperton. ' Item do et lego Rogero
Normanville j zonam de serico, j alver melio-
rem (juem habeo,' etc.

Alweldand, pple. All-wielding,
almighty. Old Engl. All-wieldaitd
(Jamieson).

Scec. XV. S.S. iii. 156. ' Bot if my Lord God
alleweldand be commen.'

Amail, sh. Enamel. The word
Anamel is used in 1421 {S.S. xlv. 64).
Amallle, amel (Jamieson).

1366. S.S. iv. 78. Will of Thomas de Buck-
ton, Rector of Rudby, N. R. Y. 'Domino
Johanni de Cobbeham, militi, duas pelves nieas
pulcherrimas cum amaill.'

Amailled, Amailling, fjplcs. Ane-
latio {S.S. iii. 299), amcllatus (*S'.-S'.
xlv. 9, 24), anillatus in 134.5 {S.S.
iv. 14 ; ix. cliiii). The word Enameld
is used in 1421 {S.S. xlv. 64, 112).

1516. S.S. Ixxix. 73. Will of John Young,
Dean of York. To Cardinal Wolsey ' my two
tfav saltcs clcne amelyd.'

1614. Reg. Test. Ebor. xxxiii. 365 a. 11/7/ "/
Chr. Harrison of York, goldsmith. 'To my

APPENDIX.

93

AMA

maun, .Tamos riunicr, my nniollinpro mortcr &
in'stcll, & a piiiri' of iimcliiiiKi' tonjrt'H.'

Amang, Amanges, Amonges,
2>ri-p. Old form i)f Among, Amongst.
Amang (Hrockctt, Tcesdale, Craven,
Wlii) by, and Cleveland Gloss.). This
was and is the coninion form.

1428. /iV;;. Civ. L'lior. A. V. 255. 'Nnne of
j-iit crafte wirke anv Icilo aninng other motaill.'

1509. &.S'. Ixxix. 2. )i'ill of John Maun, of
OssttI, jr. A'. )'. ■ It is my willy' Elisabeth, my
s\istor, be well seen to alliances youe.'

1516. /./..SO. ll'iv; 0/ a II II I'ulmes. 'To be
disiKiascl amoiiges my sonnes.'

Amazed, pj)le. Stupefied, bewild-
ered.

1567. S.& ixi. 121. Wnshinglon, co. Durham.
The said Ilorsfall, beiug auiased, said, Srs, i
have no money.'

1637. Yks. Arch. Journal, vi. 382. Lr from
lonl SiniffortI lohis wfe. ' I wa,s soe blockish &
amascd in gowl company as I am able to give
you noo relation of what they were.'

1655. Treatise on Itw Four Last Thing.':, by
S'nion BircHbek of Gillintj, near Richmond, 25.
' I reade of a certainc learned man, whom when
his friends came to visit, they found him dead
in his study, with his book lying open in his
lap, at which sudden accident they were much
amazed.'

1671. S..S. xl. 185. Pickering. 'Being
amaisetl, does not remember whether she had a
candle or noe.'

Amatist, ah. Old form of Amethyst.
Old Fr. tiviafisfi'. Lat. luntthijtttus
(M.\ Cf. S.S. xlv. 74, \CA.

Ambasset, rh. Embassy. Fr.
anihtmsadc (M.). Ambassat, ambassiat
(Janiieson).

1519. York House Book, is. 85. 'The said
Twesilay that the qwene reste<l hyr, come to
this oitie a solempne ambasset cute of Scot-
hinile.'

Amber, Aimer, Awmer, Awmbre,

or, with the French article prefixed,
L'ambre, L'ambyr, L'awmbre,
L'awmer, .</'. .1 umcr (Whitby Gloss.),
and also Lammer in the North. From

French Lamlti'e (M.). A yellowish,
resinous substance, transparent, and
often shajied into ornaments, found
in the IJaltic, and often on the sea-
shore of the Northern counties.
Quantities of it were found in York
some years ago, wrought and un-
wrought, in connection with Dani.sh
objects, showing that it was an
article of commerce in York before
the Conquest. It was then chiefly
made into ean-ings and beads. After-
wards it was generally used for beads,
for worship.'

1390. S..S'. iv. 129. Will of Wm. Aikame of
York. ' Item j payr bcilys of lawmbyr w' a
silver bruche & a rynge ail Sanctam Mariam
Ahathia;.' (A pair was a set.)

1394. /(/. 199. Will of Sir Brian Stapleton,
CO. York. 'Jeo devise a mon ncvew . . mes
grandes paters noster de rawmbre.'

1410. S.S. xlv. 44. Will of Wm. de Kexhy of
York. ' Ricardo Walker j par bedysde rami)yr,
cum uno monili de auro.'

1412. -S..S;. ii. 56. Inv. of R.de Kirkbu, Vicar of
Oaitiford, co. Durham. ' Unum par de bedes
de lambr' et unus Agnus Dei, x s.'

1430. S.S. XXX. 13. Will of Wm. Stotre of
Ripon. 'Johanni Folkton luium par precu-
larium de lambre.'

1497. S.S. liii. 121. IT'iV? (if R. Johnson of
York. ' To Malile Hancok my bedes of awmer,
wliich bedes contenvth 1 s.'

1498. /(/. 1.34. Will of Alice Hihluard, of
Becerley. 'Dionisiaj Langtou unum par pre-
carum de a\^-mbor cum gaudiis deauratis.'
(The gauilia, or gaudes, were the larger beads,
usually known as the Paternosters in the
Rosary.)

1506. Id. 245. Will of John Fell of York.
' A pa\T of beiildes of aimer.'

1510. 5..S. XXXV. 224. Inv. of York Minster.
'TJuum par precularium de albo awmbre cum
le gaudeys argenti deauratl.' [White amiwr is
an alloy "of foiu- pitfts of gold with one of silver
(M.).]

1541. S..S. ii. 117. Will of R. Toirgall of
Durham. ' A pair of aumer beyds gardit with
silver gardis.'

INDEX.

NAMES AND PLACES.

ABDISON, William, 37
Abell, Kobert, 49
Acorn, William, 15
Acton, 45
Aglanby, John, 35
Ainderby, — , 17

Aldstanemor, John, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
Alne, WiUiam of, 15, 16
Alnwick, 44, 45 ; George, Abbot of

the Monastery of Our Lady, 51 ;

Thomas, Abbot of, 45
Ambler, Alexander, 41, 42, 43
Ampilford, John, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18
Amvas, Robert, mayor of Ripon, 20,

36, 42, 43
Andreson, Thomas, 46
Appielby, Appilby, Robert, 50;

Thomas, 37
Arcle, Thomas, 38
Armstrang, Alexander, 38 ; Symon,

48 ; Thomlyn, 38
Arott, John, 25
Aske, Sir John, 46
Aslacby, Thomas, 20
Ass-chomae, — , 26
Atkynson, Richard, 24
Aluu, Thomas, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
Aiighton, 47
Aukland, park of, 39

BABTHORP, Rauf, 27
Bacon, William, 26, 27
Bakhus, Bakus, Robert, 37 ; Thomas,

37 ; Wmiam, 37
Bakon, — , 28
Balderston, James, 50; John, 50;

Robert, 50
Balme, John, 23
Bamburgh, 51, 52
Banarsdall, Sir John, vicar of Mor-

land, 37
Banes, William, 42

BRA

Barchand, — , 27

Barnewell, William, 46

Barton, Sir Andraye, 64-75 ; John,

24, 72
Batmansou, Jenkyn, 39
Baxster, John, 50
Bay, Robert, 35
Beaumont, Lord, 7
Becham, Thomas, 35
Bedale, William, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
Bek, John, 24
Belasys, William, 39
Belfield, RobjTi, 28
Bell, — , 49, 50, 52 ; Janet, 49, 50
Bellyngham, Belyngham, John, 22
Berbour, Thomas, 27
Bernard, Thomas, 13
Bethome, Bethum, Arthur, 87 ;

WiUiam, 41
Betel, William, 35
Betti, William, 36
Bewfount, 38

Bilburgh Cross, near York, 53
Bishop Aukland, 39
Bisshop, Richard, 19
Blakborne, Alexander, 41
Blakdoe, Richard, 21
Bland, Blande, James, 35, 36 ;

Thomas, 42
Blithman, William, 39
Bokkenfeld, 45
Bolron, John, 18
Bolton, John, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18
Bost, John, 41
Bould, John, 18
Boulton, 49
Bourell, William, 41
Bower, John, 2
Bowes, William, 3, 4, 8, 9
Bracebrygg, Thomas, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Bradelee, John, 45
Bradford, Bartilmew, 51
Braton, 32, 33

INDHX.

95

Hrenklaw, BrcnI<lo\vi\ Hronlay, 41,

■l."), 4G
Ureycrton, — , 28
Hrinnell, 51
Bromflet, Biowndet, John, 1, G, 7,

8,9
Brown, John. 22 ; Robert, 25 ;

William, 23, 2;"), 2(5, ^^H
I'.rowdon, Sir Richard, 51
Brvnnund, John, 14, 15
Buk, Richard, 51
Bnkcy, Piers, 3, 4, G, 7, 8. 9
Burbake, Anncs, 37
Burgh, John, 20
Burn, John, 1, 3
Buth, Ricliard, 7
Byrd, John, 26

CALAIS, staple of, 3
Calthorne, Cauthorne, Richard,

31 ; Robert, 31
C.'imbridge, university of, 48
Carleton, Mr. John, 7
Carloton, John of, 41 ; Thomas, 41 ;

Wilkyn of, 40
Carre, Rauf, 51
Cartewell, 47

Catrike, John, 39 ; Katherine, 39
Cauwod, Cawood, 8, 9, 33
Chaine, John. 26
Chattcrell, John, 34
Chawe, William, 27
Chelvyngham, 51
Chester, Robert of, 38
Cheswyk, 36

Clapeham, Richard, 41 ; William, 41
Clerk, Isabel, 38 ; James, 50 ; John,

38 ; Sir Robert, 35
Cleveland, 51
Clirte, John, 23
Cocour, Richard, 46
Coke, John, 25
Cokirmouth, 44
CokvrtoD, 35

Cole", John, 42 ; William, 21
CoUyng, — , 30
Colstone, Robert, 38
Colyn, John, 35, 36
Conyers, Henry, 51 ; Sir John, 48
Copde, Co])den, John of, 38, 49
Corner, John, 26 ; Richard, 23
Corte, Thomas, 50
Cotis, Thomas, 39
Couper, Cowpcr, Henrj', 24 ; Thos.,

33 ; William, 24
Coureena}', Robert, 25
Crakantliorp, John of, 40
Cransfeld. — , 26
Craucester, Edmund, 51; Ricliard, 52

Crauccster, 52

Craven, William, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9

Cristall (Kirkstall), Abbot and Con-
vent of, 18

Crofton, Sir Robert, 51

Croslce, 38

Crossby, 35

Cuke, John, 37 ; Richard, 39 ; Robt.,
37 ; William, 37

Cumberland, 36, 40

Cundall, Rawlyn, 42

Cunnysburg, Thomas, 16

Cunsby, William, 11, 12, 14, 16

Cuttbert, Sir Robert, 36

DANBY, Sir Thomas, 88
Darcy, Sir Thomas, 30
Darley, Agnes, 50; Ricliard, 41
Darlyngton, Dcrlj-ngton, 35, 36
Darnwater, John, 49 ; Thomas, 49,

50 ; Sir William, 49
Darthington, Sir John, 12
Davenant (family of), 64 n
Davis, Richard, 42, 43
Davy, Thomas, 3, 4
Davyson, Sir Richard, 51
Dawson, Bertram, 52 ; John, 22, 26
Deman, Demen, Richard, 35, 36
DenjTig, John, 38, 49
Derreke, Richard, 26
Disforthe, Jelleyne, 37
Dixson, Thomas, 50
Dcbb, John, 34
Dobson, Edward, 45 ; John, 45 ;

Robert, 45
Dodington, John, 7
Dodyngton, 38
Dokson, William, 45
Doncastre, Thomas, 3, 4, 7, 8
Donkan, John, 25
Doule, Robert, 34
Dowfe, Robert, 6
Downe, John, 43
Dransfeld, Thomas, 24
Dudo (Duddo), 40
Duffeld, James, 30 ; Robert, 1 3 ;

Richard, 12 ; Thomas, 12
Dunstaneburgh, 51
Durham, 39 ; Bishoprick of, 51
Dvschforth, Dysshford, Richard, 27,

*28

EDEN, — , 45
Edynhall, 40
Elborth (/>ar. Diulyngtoti), 38
Ele.son, John, 23, 24
Elles, Thomas, 30
Eliot, William, 21

9C

INDEX.

ELL

Ellinqham, ni

Elwaia, Elwalde, Janet, 38, 49 ;

John, 37, 38, 49 ; Robert, 37, 38,

49
Emendson, Eichard, 39
Emson, John, 28 ; Richard, 22, 23
England, Queen of (Katherine of

France), 7
Eryngton, Charles, 48 ; Gerade of,

38 ; Gilbert, 48 ; Nicolas, 48 ;

Robert, 38, 48 ; Thomlyn of, 38
Estwitton, 40, 41, 43
Estrington, Estryngton, 46, 48
Esyngwald, Sir John, 12 ; Thomas,

3, 6, 7, 8, 9
Eure, Sir William, 39
Evynwood, William, 50

FALEFELDE, 38
Fawlofeld, Thomas, 37 ;

William, 37
Faxfleet, 36
Fclton, 45
Fenkj^l, Bertram, 52 ; Harry, 51 ;

John, 52 ; Thomas, 51 ; William, 52
Fenton, 22
Fereby, Feriby, Eichard, 27 ; Eobert,

11
Ferlame, William, 38
Flanders, 64
Flemynge, Eawnald, 33
Fleshor, Sir Thomas (vicar of East-

witton), 41
Folbery, William of, 39
Folyfote, Thomas, 25
Forde, 39

Forster, John, 15, 51 ; Nicolas, 51
France, 64
Franche, Thomas, 52
Freman, Freeman, John, 33
Fysshe, John, 1, 2

GAEE, Thomas, 3, 4, 8, 16 ;
Thomas, jun., 7
Garnet, William, 13
Gascoynge, John, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
Gatescalles, John, 43
Gatesheued, Gayteshcued, John, 46;

William, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
Gaycok, John, 18
Ga}i:clyff, Thomas, 18
Gaytterd, Alan, 41
Gibson, Robert, 45
Gillyot, John, 20, 21
Girdon (Gordon), — , 72, 73
Glover, James, 24
Goldall, John, 30, 31
Goldall. 25

HOD
Gower, — , 23
Graverson, Robert, 35
Gray, Sir Eauf, 51
Greme, Adam, 39 ; John of, 38
Grene, Thomas, 49
Grey, Sir Thomas (of Heton), 39
Grey, Sir Thomas (of Horton), 39
Gryllington (Girlington), William,

3, 4, 7, 8, 9
Gryndon, John, 41
Gud, Christopher, 33
Gudeneghbour, William, 38
Gyll, Robert of, 41

HADFELD, William, 28
Hag, John, Chamberlain of

York, 36
Hasthorp, William, BailifE of Selby,

30
Hakefurth, 38, 41
Hall, John, 51 ; Thomas, 45
Hambald, Sir Thomas, 20
Hamelton, Hamilton, Andrew, 51 ;

James, 72; Richard, 51
Hans, John, 39
Harbotill, Herbotill, John, 45 ; Sir

Thomas, 46
Harington, John, 46, 47, 48; Sir

Robert, 48
Harlynge, Stephen, 28
Hartley Castle, 40
Harwod, W., 28
Haselay, Thomas, 7, 8, 9, 10
Haton, William, 45
Hansse, John, 43
Haxby, John, 19
Haxey, Mr. Thomas, 14
Hay, Nicolas, 36
Heddon, 51
Hedle, Thomas, 45
Henry VII., 53, 54, 55, 57
Henry VIII., 64, 65, etc.
Heron, John, 45 ; Sir Roger, 39
Herpam, — , 33
Herrot, John, 28
Heryson, — , 25
Hesill, John, 12

Hetche, Edward, 17; Margaret. 17
Heton, 39

Hewik, Hewite, John, 4, 7, 8, 9
Hexham, John, 16
Hexham, 38, 48, 49
Hexham, Roland, Prior of, 49
Hexhamshire, parish of St. John the

Baptist in (St. John— Lee.), 38, 49
Hill, George, 42
Hirste, John, 19
Hobson, — , 25
Hodd, Hod.le, John, 25, 27

INDEX

97

UOL

Hol-ato, Julm, 1, 3, 5

lIolKcuU, 10

HoUaiul, 70 «

lloliue, Thomas, 18

Hornebv, 48

HorseleV, Hoi-sley, Henry, 86; Wil-

liaiu,'G6, 72, 73, 71, 75
Hotou, William, 41
lloueden, 4(>
llovyiigham, Robert, 15
Howard, Lord Charles, 65, 67, 68. 69,

70.73
Huddle, Margaret, 52
Hudson, John, 50 ; Thomas, 50
HuU, 2
Hunt, Harrv, 66, 67, O'J, 71, To. 74.

75

NEW

KTON. Sir Robert, 12
Ibeson. John, 35

ACSON, Auucs. 40

KALOM. John of, 45
Karlill, 35

Kc<lv, Adam, 49

Kulf, Alan, 38

Kelyngall, Richard. 51

Kehnipe, John, Chancellor of Dur-
ham, 39

Ken<lal, Harry, 52

Kirkbc'ke. Henry. 41

Kirkby. Kyrkby, John, 6. 43

Kirkhows. Thomas, 24

Kokher. John, 24

Kyam, William, 2 ; Thomas, 3, 4, 7,
8,9

Kyrham, Kyrkebam, Thomas, 3, 4, 7,
8, 9

Kyngeswod, Sir Robert, 39

Kyrk, George, 22

Kyrlowe, — , 28

LAKEN, Jolin, 50 ; Robert, 50
Lambe, Andrew, 43, 44, 45, 46;
WilUam, 19
Lamplugh, family of, 64 n
Langlee, 38, 49

Langton. John of. 12, 13, 16, 17
Langwathby, 40, 4 1
Laveroke. Sir Thomas, 38
Lawe. Laurence of. 24
Laynge, Thomas, 50
Lee, Robert, 49
Lelegrave, Laurence. 36
Lepington, 49

Leshe. Bishop, 70 n

Letwyn, William, Chamberlain of

York, 36
Lignkolne, Bernard, 23
Lilling, John, 1-10
Loft house, John, 3, 7, 18
Lokwod, Thomas, 50
Loncastre, Sir Nicolas, mayor of

York, 43
London, 6, 21,64, 67
Loraunce, Lowraunce, Thomas, 50 ;

William, 50
Louthe, John, 7 ; Richard, 4, 8
Lyndsav, Robert, 28

ITAKAREGH, William, 51
JjL Makynson, Robert, 50
Malson, John, 40, 50 ; Richard,

40
JIalton, the Prior of, 62, 63
JIanfeld, Robert, 7. 8, 9. 10
Marches, East and Middle, 39, 44
Marsliall, Richard, 33
Mascald, Robert, 25
Materson, Isabel, 49, 50
Maunchell, John, 41
Maunshell, Robert, 41
Maxwell, Robert, 40
Meidlay, alias Williamson, John

18
Mekyll, John, 40, 41
Meldrem, John, 39 ; William, 39
Melton, Gerard, 24
MerchaU, W., 35
Michall. Michell, Robert, 29;

Thomas, 24
Jlitfurth, Alexander, 46
Miteley, Mitteley, John, 30, 31
Montgrace, Thomas, Prior of, 50
More, Christopher, 19; John, 25;

Thomas, 4, 7, 8, 9
Moresby, Sir Christopher of, 40
Moreton, Morton, John of, 3, 4, 6, 8,

9, 13 ; Richard, 39
Morland, 37

Morpeth, 45 ; Castle of, 40
Mosse, John, 11, 12, 14
Musgrave, Johannet, 40 ; Nicolas,

40 ; Richard, 40 ; William, 40

NELESON, Nelson, John, 50 ;
Raufe. 50; Thomas, 50
William. 22
Nesbet, 38
Newcastle, 66, 67
Newham. 52
Newlandc, 51
New Malton, 68

H

98 INDEX.

NEW
Newshom-on-Tces, 51
Nicolson, Nycolson, Edward, 35 ;

—,33
Nodder, William, 39
Noddyng, William, 50
Norham-on-Tweed, 40 ; Castle of, 40
Northfolk, Nicolas, 13
Northumberland, 36, 38, 44, 51 ;

Henry, Earl of, 44

OLYVE, John, 33
Ormesheued, William, 3, 4, 17
Osmonderley, 50
Ottelay, Sir William, 13
Ousby, 50

PALLMMS, William, 73
Panter, Paynter, William, 27,

28
Patryk, — , 24
Pekett, Sir John, 50
Penrith, Penry, 40, 41
Percevall, John, 50
Percy, Bishop, 70 n ; Sir Henry,

Lieutenant of the East Marches,

38, 39
Pereson, Edmund, 52 ; —,28
Pert, William, 43
Peryshe, John, 33
Petty, John, 34
Petworth, 44
Pewe, Eobert, 34
Pey, — , 33
Peyter, 45
Philopp, John, 51 ; Eaufe, 51 ;

Thomas, 51
Plnmpton, Dame Alice, 13
Pollard, William, 39
Pont Eland, 44, 45, 46
Porter, Thomas, 39
Pountfreyt, William, 15, 16
Preston, Ambrose, 21 ; Christopher,

39 ; Henry, 3, 4, 8, 9
Prud, William, 50
Pygott, John, 7, 8
Pynchbek, Sir Thomas, 17
Pynner, Thomas, 33

"DAGHTTON, Nicolas, 33
Ji Rakett, William, 20
Raner, Robert, 28
Ray, Symond, 32, 83
Rede, John of, 38
Rekall, 27, 33
Rekc, Thomas, 37
Resen, William, 26
Richmond, 51

SPA
Ridlee, John, 48
Eipon, 42
Rivaux, Abbot and Convent of, 18,

19
Robson, John, 38, 49
Eobynson, John, 35 ; Katherine, 49 ;

Richard, 41 ; William, 49, 50
Roger, the merciallse man, 23, 25
Rootherford, John, Constable of

Norham Castle, 40
Roper, Ropper, Jane, 31; William, 31
Rouclyflf, Guy, 3, 4, 9
Rowghte, John, 23
Rowthe, John, 26
Rumby, John, 16, 17
Russell, Richard, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
Rychardson, John, 35

SADBERG, 51
Salkeld, Saxeld,. Richard, 35;
Thomas, 37

Saunderson, Alison, 36 ; Elyn, 36 ;
John, 36; Eobert, 36; William,
36

Sauvage, Geoffrey, 3, 7, 8

Scheperd, John, 24, 26, 30 ; Robert,
26

Schepman, — , 26

Scotland, 36, 39

Selby, William of, 15, 16, 17

Selby, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34 ; Abbot
of, 29, 32-34 ; Cokreke bridge, in,
25 ; Cow Lane, 25, 29 ; Cross in
Market place, 28 ; Goulthorp,
Gouthorp, 27, 33, 34 ; Marchalsy,
Merschalse, in, 25, 26 ; Micklegate
in, 23, 33, 34 ; Middlethorpe, in,
24, 25 ; Milnbridge, 25 ; Owtwood
near, 22 ; New Layn in, 33

Selow, John, Canon Residentiary of
York, 7

Semer, Alice, 18

Seneer, John, 50 ; Eobert, 50

Shell, John, 52

Shetryn, 45

Shippyn, Shj'ppyn, Eichard, 33, 34

Shoston, 52

Shupton, John, 19

Smart, William, 38

Smeaton, 51

Smythe, James, 32; Eobert, 27;
Thomas, 23, 26, 37; William, 38, 48

Snawdon, Thomas, 3, 4, 7, 8

Snawerill, William, 19

Sourby, Soureby, Eichard, 38 ;
Eobert of, 38: Thomas, 49;
William, 38

Spacy, William, 36

Spain, Si^ayn, John of, 38, 49

INDEX.

00

Spcnse, Tliomas, 89

Stanoliousc, "William, 20

Stathom, John. 39

Stedeman, Tliomas, 1.")

Stele, wife of Symoml of, 16

Stertavant, John, 3

Stevenson, John, 21

Stillingfton, Stylyngton, Robert,

23 ; William, 7 "
Stokdale, John, 21
StrangAvays, Sir James, 50
Stryngerscn, — , 24
Stmlherd, John, 27
Sumerschals, Robert, 26
Sutton, John of, 16, 19
Symond, Peter, 65, 66, 70, 71, 74,

75
Symson, John, 35, 41 ; Robert, Dean

of Darlington, 35

TADCASTER BRIDGE, 53
Tailfere, John, 38
Taillour, Stephen, 24
Talkan, John, 13
Tanvswod, Tenyswod, Elizabeth,

35 ; Robert, 35"
Ternour, John, 30 ; Richard, 30 ;

Thomas, 30
Tesedale, Thomas, 41 ; William, 41
Thames, 66
Thirske, 42
Thomson, George. 50 ; Henry, 50 ;

Richard, 26 ; William. 42
Thornton, Thoneton, Richard, 21.

22, 42
Thorjipe, Herse, 23 ; John, 11, 12
Thorp, near Selby, 28
Thriston, 45
Tipp^^lg, James, forester of Aukland

park, 39
Toller, William, 33
Tong, John, mayor of York, 35, 36
Trent, river, 45, 75
Tweed, 40
Tjil, river, 39
Tyne, 67, 75

UNDERWOOD, William, 27
Usflete, Nicolas, 7

V1NCP:NT, Agnes, 51 ; Christo-
pher, 51

WAGTIEN. John. 9
Walus, Wallas, William. 2:{.
26

Walkar. Walker, John, 41; Robert,

23, 41
Walwykgraungc, 38
Warcop, John, 41 ; Robert, 40
Wardc, John, 7, 8, 9 ; Thomas, 8
Wardrop, Robert of, 42
Warmeden, 52

Warter, Herre, 28 ; William, 18
Warwyk, John, 35
Was, Roland, 37
Watson, John, 41, 42 ; Richard, 43 ;

Thomas, 42; William, 46; Sir

William, 19
Wellerby, Isabel, 50
Wenttire, John, 37
Westlathes, 51
Westmerland, Westmorland, 36, 40 ;

John, 26
Whallay, Whalley, Roger, 26;

William, 29
Wharf, Thomas, 46, 47
Wharton, Rolland, 41
Whelpdale, John, 35
White, Michell, 22; William, 21,

22
Whitgwam, Sir Robert, 48
WhittyTigton, 38, 48
Whitwhame, John of, 38
Wilkynson, Robert, 43
Williamson, Henry, 20
Wivell, Robert, 36
Wolfe, Adam, 49
Wranggwish, Wrangwish, Thomas,

21, 36, 42, 43
Wright, Wrvght, John, 26 ; Thomas,

42 ; Willi'am, 49
Wrodyngton, — , 28
Wrthc. Robert, 23
Wycliiie, 51
Wyndeshalys, John of, 41 ; William,

41
W}'nship, John, 46
Wyntryngham, — ,17
Wytton, Miles, 26

YAROM, Robert, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
Yereslay, Robert, 19

Yenan, Hew, 33

Yonge, John, 26

York, All Saints' Pavement, in, 11,
20; Bootham, in, 1, 14 ; Chantry
of St. Mary Magdalene in York
Minster, 12 ; Common Hall, in, 56;
Coney Street, in, 16, 56; Copper-
gate, in, 5, 20 ; Dean and Chapter
of, 11, 18, 19; Dringhowses, near,
53; Durant Chantry in St. Crux
church, 13; Foss, river, in, 15.
18; Fossbridge, in, 19; Hospital

100

INDEX.

yoR

of Holy Trinity, in, 13; St. George's
Chapel, Fishergate, in, lU ; Gird-
ler's Company, in, 1 ; Goodram-
gafe, in, 12; Layerthorpe, St.
Mary's church, in, 18 ; Holy Tri-
nity church, Goodramgate, Chan-
try of St. Nicolas, in, 12; St.
James's Chapel, 53 ; St. John's
church del Pike, in, 14; Kalom
Hall, 17 ; St. Lawrence, parish of,
13 ; Layerthorp, St, Mary's church,
in, 18 ; St. Leonard's hospital, at,
11 ; Master and Brothers of, 11,
12; St. Mary's Abbey, at, 15;
at. Mary's church, Castlegate,

YOR

at, 49 ; Micklegate, in, 18, 21
Minster, Treasurer and Canons
of, 14; Monkbar, in, 14
North Street, in, 12, 21, 22
55; Ouse, river, 13, 16, 28
Ousebridge, in, 21, 22, 36, 42, 43
55 ; Ousegate, 29, 45, 56 ; Pease
holme, in, 12; Petergate, in, 18
21 ; St. Saviour's Chantry, in, 12
Skeldergate, in, 55 ; Staynegate
in, 57 ; Swinegate, in, 57; Walm
gate, in, 1, 13

York, Archbishop of (Bowett), 7-9

Yorkshire, 66, 75

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